verb

• (transitive, UK, dialectal) To part, separate or divide.
  "to shed something in two"
• (ambitransitive) To part with, separate from, leave off; cast off, cast, let fall, be divested of.
  "You must shed your fear of the unknown before you can proceed."
• (transitive, archaic) To pour; to make flow.
  "Did Romeo's hand shed Tybalt's blood?"
• (transitive) To allow to flow or fall.
  "I didn't shed many tears when he left me."

noun

• (weaving) An area between upper and lower warp yarns through which the weft is woven.
• (obsolete) A distinction or dividing-line.
• (obsolete) A parting in the hair.
• (obsolete) The top of the head.

noun

• (British, derogatory, informal) An automobile which is old, worn-out, slow, or otherwise of poor quality.
• (British, rail transport, informal) A British Rail Class 66 locomotive.
  "Never saw that but we did stand and watch a pair of Sheds (156 and 165) speed north on a loaded steel."
• (nuclear physics) A unit of area equivalent to 10⁻⁵² square meters.
• (music, slang) Alternative form of woodshed.

verb

• (transitive) To place or allocate a vehicle, such as a locomotive, in or to a depot or shed.
  "On the Dava line, apart from the banking assistance given by the 4-4-0s, the traffic is handled by the standard class "5" 4-6-0s, known among the drivers as "Hikers"; these engines are shedded at Inverness and Perth."
• (transitive, music) To woodshed.