Antonyms for shed

Grammar : Verb

Spell : shed

Phonetic Transcription : ʃɛd

Definition of shed

Origin : "building for storage," 1855, earlier "light, temporary shelter" (late 15c., shadde), possibly a dialectal variant of a specialized use of shade (n.). Originally of the barest sort of shelter. Or from or influenced in sense development by Middle English schudde (shud) "a shed, hut."

verb cast off

Example sentences :

No one has seen him shed a tear, of heard him utter a complaint.
Extract from : « Philothea » by Lydia Maria Child

The Sabbath of eternity has shed its stillness along the street.
Extract from : « The New Adam and Eve (From "Mosses From An Old Manse") » by Nathaniel Hawthorne

The door of the shed stood open, and outside there was bright sunshine.
Extract from : « What Sami Sings with the Birds » by Johanna Spyri

I kissed her: And is it for me, my sweet Cousin, that you shed tears?
Extract from : « Clarissa, Volume 2 (of 9) » by Samuel Richardson

No wonder she shuddered at such profanation, and shed her false beard.
Extract from : « It Happened in Egypt » by C. N. Williamson

It seemed as though a golden tree had shed its leaves into the grave.
Extract from : « Buried Cities: Pompeii, Olympia, Mycenae » by Jennie Hall

Spinnin'-wheels out in the shed chamber, where his gran'mother Hooper kep' 'em?
Extract from : « Tiverton Tales » by Alice Brown

She heard his step, swift and steady, through the shed and out at the door.
Extract from : « Tiverton Tales » by Alice Brown

It would 'a' ben perfect if there' ben anybody to shed tears.
Extract from : « The Village Watch-Tower » by (AKA Kate Douglas Riggs) Kate Douglas Wiggin

Surely the sunset had shed a flush of life upon her whiteness.
Extract from : « Old Greek Folk Stories Told Anew » by Josephine Preston Peabody

Synonyms for shed

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