shed
/ ʃed /
Verb Forms:
Present Simple:
I / you / we / they:
shed
/ʃed/
he / she / it:
sheds
/ʃedz/
Past Simple:
shed
/ʃed/
Past Participle:
shed
/ʃed/
-ing form:
shedding
/ˈʃedɪŋ/
[shed something (often used in newspapers)]
[get rid of]
to get rid of something that is no longer wanted.
se livrar de algo que não é mais desejado.
- The factory is shedding a large number of jobs.
A fábrica está eliminando um grande número de empregos.- a quick way to shed unwanted pounds (= extra weight or fat on your body)
- Museums have been trying hard to shed their stuffy image.
[shed something (+ adv./prep.)]
[drop]
[formal] to take off a piece of clothing.
- We shed our jackets.
- Luke shed his clothes onto the floor.
[shed something]
[drop]
[British English] (of a vehicle) to lose or drop what it is carrying.
- The traffic jam was caused by a lorry shedding its load.
[shed something]
[skin/leaves]
if an animal sheds its skin, or a plant sheds leaves, it loses them naturally.
- How often does a snake shed its skin?
- trees that shed their leaves in autumn.
[shed something (on/over somebody/something)]
[light]
to send light over something; to let light fall somewhere.
- The candles shed a soft glow on her face.
[shed tears]
[tears]
[formal or literary] to cry.
- She shed no tears when she heard he was dead.
[shed blood]
[blood]
[formal] to kill or injure people, especially in a war.
- How much blood will be shed before the fighting ends?
[shed something]
[water]
[formal] to have the quality of causing water or liquid to run off and not sink in
[formal] ter a qualidade de fazer com que a água ou o líquido escorra e não afunde.
- A duck’s feathers shed water immediately.
As penas de um pato repelem água imediatamente.