Shed synonyms

lean-to

A shelter with a sloped roof; also a building with a similar construction attached to the side of a building as an extension.

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woodshed

(Informal) A place where punishments or reprimands are administered.

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hut

A temporary structure for sheltering troops.

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drop

(Ergative) To let fall; to allow to fall (either by releasing hold of, or losing one's grip on). [from 14th c.]

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sprinkle

To scatter drops or particles on:

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shelter

The state of being covered or protected:

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put-on (related)

To cast off by a natural process

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discard

To throw away; reject.

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scatter

To scatter is to spread something around in different directions or different places.

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outbuilding

A structure, as a shed or stable, separate from the house or main building

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let fall

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emit

To emit is defined as to discharge, or to produce and let off, something such as an odor or a sound.

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send forth

(Literary, archaic) To emit; to produce; to let out

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give forth

To emit or release something.

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shower down

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molt

(Intransitive) To shed hair, feathers, skin, horns etc. and replace it by a fresh layer.

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exuviate

To cast off (a skin, shell, etc.); molt

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slough

To shed skin or other covering

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exude

To ooze forth.

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moult

(Intransitive) To shed or lose a covering of fur, feathers or skin etc.

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cast

To consider; to turn or revolve in the mind; to plan.

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project

Project is defined as to cause an image to appear on a surface or to propose or calculate something for the future.

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radiate

To spread out in all directions from a center.

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throw

To send forth; project:

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throw off

(Idiomatic) To introduce errors or inaccuracies; to skew.

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move (related)

(Intransitive) To act; to take action; to stir; to begin to act; as, to move in a matter.

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shanty

A roughly-built hut or cabin.

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irradiate

To expose to or treat with radiation. For example, meat sold as food is often irradiated with x-rays or other radiation to kill bacteria; uranium 238 can be irradiated with neutrons to create fissionable plutonium 239.

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deciduate

Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster's Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.

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deciduous

Shedding or losing foliage at the end of the growing season:

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desquamative

Of, relating to, or attended with, desquamation.

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exfoliative

That causes, or is accompanied by, exfoliation

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shedding

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