shed

1. 1.

   an outbuilding with a single story; used for shelter or storage

   Broaderoutbuilding

   Narrowerapiaryboathousecoal housetoolshedwoodshed

1. 1.

   shed at an early stage of development

   “most amphibians have caducous gills”

   “the caducous calyx of a poppy”

   Synonymscaducous

   Similardeciduous

   biology

Other forms of shed

plural

sheds·

past tense

shedded·

present participle

shedding

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about shed

What does shed mean?

shed means "get rid of". That is the primary sense; the word has 6 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in shed?

shed has 1 syllable: shed. In IPA it is /ˈʃɛd/.

What is another word for shed?

Close synonyms include cast, cast off, shake off, throw, throw off. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is shed a common word?

shed is banded "Common" — everyday vocabulary in speech and writing. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.

What rhymes with shed?

3 words rhyme with shed. Rhymes are matched on the phonemes from the last stressed vowel onward, which is the definition a reader has in their head.