Shed - English meaning

noun

A large farm building used for storing grain, hay, or straw or for housing livestock.

Usage examples:

Also within the wall would have been a well, latrines, a chapel, workshops, barns, pens for livesto…

noun

A unit of area, 10−28 square metres, used especially in particle physics.

noun

A large building on a farm in which animals or hay (= dried grass) and grain are kept

verb

Cause (light or shadow) to appear on a surface.

Usage examples:

The moon cast a pale light over the cottages

noun

Throw the hooked and baited end of (a fishing line) out into the water.

verb

The actors taking part in a play, film, or other production.

Usage examples:

He draws sensitive performances from his inexperienced cast

verb

Spread over a wide area or between a large number of people.

Usage examples:

Technologies diffuse rapidly

adjective

Spread out over a large area; not concentrated.

Usage examples:

The diffuse community which centred on the church

verb

To spread or cause something to spread in many directions

Usage examples:

[ t ] television is a powerful means of diffusing knowledge., [ t ] the guide tried to diffuse the …

verb

Get rid of (someone or something) as no longer useful or desirable.

Usage examples:

Hilary bundled up the clothes she had discarded

noun

A thing rejected as no longer useful or desirable.

Usage examples:

Caught by bottom-trawling, which causes damage to the seabed, and is part of a complex mixed fisher…

verb

Anything that is cast aside

verb

Tell (someone) officially that they can or must leave a place or situation.

Usage examples:

They stressed that staff would not be actively discharging anyone and no programme was in place to …

noun

The action of discharging someone from a hospital or from the armed forces or police.

Usage examples:

Referrals can be discussed before discharge from hospital

verb

To allow someone to leave

Usage examples:

Allen was discharged from the hospital yesterday., [ i ] the soapy water from the washing machine w…

verb

Order or allow to leave; send away.

Usage examples:

She dismissed the taxi at the corner of the road

verb

To decide that something or someone is not important and not worth considering

Usage examples:

Let’s not dismiss the idea without discussing it., the teacher dismissed the class early.

verb

To remove someone from their job, especially because they have done something wrong

Usage examples:

Dismiss sb for sth salespeople may be dismissed for many reasons, the most common of which is poor …

verb

Distribute or spread over a wide area.

Usage examples:

Storms can disperse seeds via high altitudes

adjective

Denoting a phase dispersed in another phase, as in a colloid.

Usage examples:

Emulsions should be examined after storage for droplet size of the disperse phase

verb

To scatter or move away over a large area, or to cause this to happen

Usage examples:

[ i ] it took several hours for the crowd to disperse.

verb

Let or make (something) fall vertically.

Usage examples:

The fire was caused by someone dropping a lighted cigarette

noun

A small round or pear-shaped portion of liquid that hangs or falls or adheres to a surface.

Usage examples:

The first drops of rain splashed on the ground

verb

Let fall to the ground

noun

A process in which substances combine chemically with oxygen from the air and typically give out bright light, heat, and smoke; combustion or burning.

Usage examples:

His house was destroyed by fire

verb

Discharge a gun or other weapon in order to propel (a bullet or projectile).

Usage examples:

He fired a shot at the retreating prisoners

noun

The state of burning, or a burning mass of material

Usage examples:

[ u ] the factory had to be closed because the risk of fire was too great., [ c ] there have been a…

collocation

Dispose of

phrase

Take action so as to be free of (a troublesome or unwanted person or thing)

Usage examples:

We have been campaigning to get rid of the car tax for 20 years

idiom

To find a way to make someone leave because you do not want the person to be with you any longer

Usage examples:

We finally got rid of my little sister by telling her scary stories., i can’t wait to get rid of th…

phrasal verb

Give to several people

phrasal verb

To last no longer, or to work no longer

Usage examples:

Food supplies will give out by the end of the week., they’re giving out free tickets to the circus.

noun

A small squalid or simply constructed dwelling.

Usage examples:

People were living in rat-infested hovels

noun

A small home, esp. one that is dirty and in bad condition

Usage examples:

Their house was little more than a hovel.

noun

A small home that is dirty and in bad condition

noun

A small, simple, single-storey house or shelter.

Usage examples:

A beach hut

verb

Provide with huts.

Usage examples:

It will be advisable to hut the troops, for their protection during the cold season

noun

A small, simple house or shelter

Usage examples:

A thatched hut

noun

A building joined to one of the sides of a larger building with which it shares one wall

Usage examples:

A house with a lean-to garage

noun

A jail, especially a temporary one.

phrasal verb

To make a building or room safe by locking the door and fastening the windows

Usage examples:

Don't forget to lock up when you leave the house., if found guilty, he could be locked up for life.

noun

An agreement or period of time during which someone cannot get back the money they have invested

Usage examples:

The moment the lock-up ended, the company's founders sold as much stock as they could get away with…

noun

A smaller separate building such as a shed or barn that belongs to a main building, such as a house or farm.

Usage examples:

He added the main mill building and outbuildings would be demolished because they were fragile and …

noun

A usually small building near to and on the same piece of land as a larger building

Usage examples:

The barn and other outbuildings were sold together with the main house.

noun

A building such as a shed or barn that is built on to or in the grounds of a house.

Usage examples:

Sheds, outhouses, garages, barns were emptied of their contents - chainsaws, power tools, mowers, b…

verb

Store or accommodate away from the main storage or accommodation area.

Usage examples:

Books outhoused in the annex take longer to deliver

noun

A small building containing a seat over a hole that is used as a toilet, used esp. by people who live in houses that do not have water moving in pipes

verb

Emit (energy, especially light or heat) in the form of rays or waves.

Usage examples:

The hot stars radiate energy

adjective

Arranged in or having a radial pattern.

Usage examples:

The radiate crown

noun

A large bag made of a strong material such as hessian, thick paper, or plastic, used for storing and carrying goods.

Usage examples:

Each one, after scrutiny, found something of value to add to his sack: paper, plastic bags, bits of…

verb

Dismiss from employment.

Usage examples:

Any official found to be involved would be sacked on the spot

noun

The pillaging of a town or city.

Usage examples:

The sack of rome

verb

Throw in various random directions.

Usage examples:

Scatter the coconut over the icing

noun

A small, dispersed amount of something.

Usage examples:

A scatter of boulders round the pothole mouth

verb

Cause to separate and go in different directions

idiom

To cause or order to be taken, directed, or transmitted to another place

phrasal verb

Produce, emit, or give out something.

Usage examples:

Radar signals were sent out in powerful pulses

phrasal verb

Dispatch items to a number of people.

Usage examples:

The company sent out written information about the stock

noun

A roughly built hut or cabin.

Usage examples:

In tents, shacks, log cabins and frame dwellings, pioneers gathered together for protection.

verb

Move in or live with someone as a lover.

Usage examples:

They won't believe i've shacked up with someone so good-looking

noun

A simple, small building

Usage examples:

The family lived in a one-room shack.

noun

A cattle shed.

Usage examples:

Her body was not discovered until shortly after lunchtime yesterday when officers found it conceale…

noun

A brief and usually light fall of rain, hail, sleet, or snow.

Usage examples:

A day of sunny spells and scattered showers

verb

(of a mass of small things) fall or be thrown in a shower.

Usage examples:

Bits of broken glass showered over me

noun

A brief rain, or a light fall of snow

Usage examples:

A snow shower, a shower of sparks, a shower of confetti, he stays in the shower until there is no m…

noun

A shed or room for curing food by exposure to smoke.

Usage examples:

The burren smokehouse is a traditional smokehouse producing quality oak smoked irish salmon, trout,…

verb

Cause or allow (liquid) to flow over the edge of its container, especially unintentionally.

Usage examples:

You'll spill that tea if you're not careful

noun

A quantity of liquid that has spilled or been spilt.

Usage examples:

Wipe up spills immediately

noun

A thin strip of wood or paper used for lighting a fire, candle, pipe, etc.

noun

A shed where wood for fuel is stored.

Usage examples:

Feeling inadequate, marc offered to go the woodshed and restore the wood pile beside the fireplace.

verb

(of a musician) practise in private.

Usage examples:

I sat in my bedroom for about a month and just woodshedded

noun

A small building where wood used as fuel is stored

noun

A large shed for shearing and baling wool.

Usage examples:

They both helped in yarding the sheep, sweeping out the woolshed during shearing (judy became a pro…