\Shed\, n. (A["e]ronautics)
A covered structure for housing aircraft; a hangar.

\Shed\, n. [The same word as shade. See {Shade}.]
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.
      The first Aletes born in lowly shed.     --Fairfax.
      Sheds of reeds which summer's heat repel. --Sandys.

\Shed\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Shed}; p. pr. & vb. n.
{Shedding}.] [OE. scheden, sch?den, to pour, to part, AS.
sc[=a]dan, sce['a]dan, to pert, to separate; akin to OS.
sk??an, OFries. sk?tha, G. scheiden, OHG. sceidan, Goth.
skaidan, and probably to Lith. sk["e]du I part, separate, L.
scindere to cleave, to split, Gr. ???, Skr. chid, and perch.
also to L. caedere to cut. [root]159. Cf. {Chisel},
{Concise}, {Schism}, {Sheading}, {Sheath}, {Shide}.]
1. To separate; to divide. [Obs. or Prov. Eng.] --Robert of
   Brunne.
2. 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.
         Did Romeo's hand shed Tybalt's blood? --Shak.
         Twice seven consenting years have shed Their utmost
         bounty on thy head.                   --Wordsworth.
3. 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.
4. To cause to flow off without penetrating; as, a tight
   roof, or covering of oiled cloth, sheeds water.
5. To sprinkle; to intersperse; to cover. [R.] ``Her hair . .
   . is shed with gray.'' --B. Jonson.
6. (Weaving) To divide, as the warp threads, so as to form a
   shed, or passageway, for the shuttle.

\Shed\, v. i.
1. To fall in drops; to pour. [Obs.]
         Such a rain down from the welkin shadde. --Chaucer.
2. To let fall the parts, as seeds or fruit; to throw off a
   covering or envelope.
         White oats are apt to shed most as they lie, and
         black as they stand.                  --Mortimer.

\Shed\, n.
1. A parting; a separation; a division. [Obs. or Prov. Eng.]
         They say also that the manner of making the shed of
         newwedded wives' hair with the iron head of a
         javelin came up then likewise.        --Sir T.
                                               North.
2. The act of shedding or spilling; -- used only in
   composition, as in bloodshed.
3. That which parts, divides, or sheds; -- used in
   composition, as in watershed.
4. (Weaving) 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.