Synonyms for shed
ʃɛdshed

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1. shed

   Synonyms:
   emit, diffuse, cast, drop, scatter, spill, pour, throw off

   Antonyms:
   absorb, collect, assume, retain

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1. shedadjective

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

2. caducous, shedverb

   shed at an early stage of development

   "most amphibians have caducous gills"; "the caducous calyx of a poppy"

   Synonyms:
   caducous

3. shed, cast, cast off, shake off, throw, throw off, throw away, dropverb

   get rid of

   "he shed his image as a pushy boss"; "shed your clothes"

   Synonyms:
   roam, project, flip, overleap, spue, redact, strike down, fuddle, drift, put down, draw, send away, have, hold, fling, hurl, slough, mold, deteriorate, cast, rove, put, bedevil, roll, pour forth, befuddle, spend, omit, throw away, frame, moult, dangle, confound, vomit up, chuck out, mould, throw off, toss, throw up, expend, contrive, retch, purge, give, discombobulate, tramp, toss away, drip, disgorge, cat, cut down, dribble, thrust, overlook, stray, devolve, leave out, miss, shake, exuviate, bewilder, fox, cast away, sink, shake off, chuck, pretermit, make, range, molt, vagabond, swan, unload, drop off, set down, fell, cast off, knock off, toss out, flatten, ramble, spill, neglect, cast aside, throw, regurgitate, wander, vomit, throw out, hurtle, put away, escape from, spew, honk, dismiss, dispose, cast out, regorge, drop, drop down, switch, discharge, upchuck, send packing, be sick, swing, discard, barf, confuse, sick, couch, bemuse, degenerate, puke

4. spill, shed, pour forthverb

   pour out in drops or small quantities or as if in drops or small quantities

   "shed tears"; "spill blood"; "God shed His grace on Thee"

   Synonyms:
   molt, throw, cast off, pour forth, talk, exuviate, slough, splatter, cast, disgorge, drop, run out, moult, throw away, throw off, shake off, spill, slop

5. spill, shed, disgorgeverb

   cause or allow (a solid substance) to flow or run out or over

   "spill the beans all over the table"

   Synonyms:
   vomit, talk, splatter, upchuck, barf, cast off, be sick, molt, spill, honk, moult, puke, chuck, pour forth, throw, cast, spue, slop, purge, regorge, slough, vomit up, shake off, throw off, disgorge, throw away, run out, drop, cat, sick, spew, regurgitate, throw up, retch, exuviate

6. shed, molt, exuviate, moult, sloughverb

   cast off hair, skin, horn, or feathers

   "our dog sheds every Spring"

   Synonyms:
   drop, disgorge, cast, exuviate, throw, throw away, moult, slough, spill, throw off, molt, cast off, shake off, pour forth

Matched Categories

1. • Move
   • Pour
   • Remove

Dictionary of English SynonymesRate these synonyms:0.0 / 0 votes

1. shedverb

   Synonyms:
   spill, effuse, pour out

2. shedverb

   Synonyms:
   spread, diffuse, scatter

3. shedverb

   Synonyms:
   cast, throw off, put off, lay aside, let fall

4. shednoun

   Synonyms:
   hut, hovel, cot, cabin

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1. shednoun

   Synonyms:
   outhouse, lean-to, shack, shanty

2. shedverb

   Synonyms:
   diffuse, emit, radiate, spread, cast, exuviate, moult, mew, discard, doff

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1. List of paraphrases for "shed":

   hangar, excrete, cabin, throw, boathouse, shack, remission, cast, spilled, barn

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1. List of known nicknames for "Shed":

   Wax, René Pawlowitz, The Traveller

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1. Director Brian Oakes:

   I felt a responsibility for Jim and his family and friends to shed light on who he was because I think it was important and I wanted to re-contextualize that image that the world has known, and once you do know the person he was, the journalist he was, the stories he was telling—that image takes on a completely different meaning.

2. Michael Bennet:

   I'm not here today to take a position or persuade any of our colleagues how to vote. I am keeping an open mind about this nomination and expect this week's hearing will shed light on Judge Gorsuch's judicial approach and views of the law.

3. Sebastian Stopper:

   Access to the archives is getting worse and worse, it's just politically desired for now not to shed light on crimes of the Russian state in the 20th century.

4. Hunter McGrady:

   Any kind of insecurity I had just went out the door, every year I shed a little bit of that insecurity because let’s face it, we’re all human. I love myself, but that doesn’t mean I don’t have any insecurities. But this year I feel like I really let that out the door and went in feeling with this feeling of just being the best that I can be. And I just had fun with it. I’ve already seen some of the photos and they’re amazing. I just feel really, really great about this issue.

5. Lester Holt:

   They took bold, courageous action in line with the legacy of Frederick Douglass, to the legacy that involves women who marched down Pennsylvania Avenue, and all those folks who shed blood on the bridge in 1965 to pass the Voting Rights Act, and now, we have in 2021, the Texas Legislature.