• A slight or temporary structure built to shade or shelter something; a structure usually open in front; an outbuilding; a hut; as, a wagon shed; a wood shed. • of Shed • To separate; to divide. • To part with; to throw off or give forth from one's self; to emit; to diffuse; to cause to emanate or flow; to pour forth or out; to spill; as, the sun sheds light; she shed tears; the clouds shed rain. • To let fall; to throw off, as a natural covering of hair, feathers, shell; to cast; as, fowls shed their feathers; serpents shed their skins; trees shed leaves. • To cause to flow off without penetrating; as, a tight roof, or covering of oiled cloth, sheeds water. • To sprinkle; to intersperse; to cover. • To divide, as the warp threads, so as to form a shed, or passageway, for the shuttle. • To fall in drops; to pour. • To let fall the parts, as seeds or fruit; to throw off a covering or envelope. • A parting; a separation; a division. • The act of shedding or spilling; -- used only in composition, as in bloodshed. • That which parts, divides, or sheds; -- used in composition, as in watershed. • The passageway between the threads of the warp through which the shuttle is thrown, having a sloping top and bottom made by raising and lowering the alternate threads.