Merriam-Webster Collegiate Dictionary - shed

 I. verb  (~; ~ding)  Etymology: Middle English, to divide, separate, from Old English sceadan; akin to Old High German skeidan to separate, Latin scindere to split, cleave, Greek schizein to split  Date: before 12th century  transitive verb  1. chiefly dialect to set apart ; segregate  2. to cause to be dispersed without penetrating duck's plumage ~s water  3.  a. to cause (blood) to flow by cutting or wounding  b. to pour forth in drops ~ tears  c. to give off or out ~s some light on the subject  4. to give off, discharge, or expel from the body of a plant or animal: as  a. to eject, slough off, or lose as part of the normal processes of life a caterpillar ~ding its skin a cat ~ding hair a deciduous tree ~s its leaves in the fall  b. to discharge usually gradually especially as part of a pathological process ~ a virus in the feces  5. to rid oneself of temporarily or permanently as superfluous or unwanted ~ her inhibitions the company ~ 100 jobs  intransitive verb  1. to pour out ; spill  2. to become dispersed ; scatter  3. to cast off some natural covering (as fur or skin) the cat is ~ding  Synonyms: see discard  II. noun  Date: 12th century  1. obsolete distinction, difference  2. something (as the skin of a snake) that is discarded in ~ding  3. a divide of land  III. noun  Etymology: alteration of earlier shadde, probably from Middle English shade shade  Date: 1557  1.  a. a slight structure built for shelter or storage; especially a single-storied building with one or more sides unenclosed  b. a building that resembles a ~  2. archaic hut  • ~like adjective  IV. transitive verb  (~ded; ~ding)  Date: 1850 to put or house in a ~