| noun | an outbuilding with a single story; used for shelter or storage |
| verb | get rid of “he shed his image as a pushy boss” |
| verb | pour out in drops or small quantities or as if in drops or small quantities “shed tears” |
| verb | cause or allow (a solid substance) to flow or run out or over “spill the beans all over the table” |
| verb | cast off hair, skin, horn, or feathers “our dog sheds every Spring” |
| adjective | shed at an early stage of development “most amphibians have caducous gills” |
| spill | noun | the act of allowing a fluid to escape |
| shedding | noun | the process whereby something is shed |
| molter | noun | an animal (especially birds and arthropods and reptiles) that periodically shed their outer layer (feathers or cuticle or skin or hair) |
| molting | noun | periodic shedding of the cuticle in arthropods or the outer skin in reptiles |
| molt | noun | periodic shedding of the cuticle in arthropods or the outer skin in reptiles |
| moulter | noun | an animal (especially birds and arthropods and reptiles) that periodically shed their outer layer (feathers or cuticle or skin or hair) |
| moulting | noun | periodic shedding of the cuticle in arthropods or the outer skin in reptiles |
| moult | noun | periodic shedding of the cuticle in arthropods or the outer skin in reptiles |
| slough | noun | any outer covering that can be shed or cast off (such as the cast-off skin of a snake) |
| sloughing | noun | the process whereby something is shed |