shed

/ʃed/ verb [T] (present participle shedding, past tense and past participle shed)

Definition

shed leaves/skin/hair, etc › to lose something because it falls off: A lot of trees shed their leaves in the autumn.

› to get rid of something that you do not want or need: A lot of companies are shedding jobs. He's shed a lot of weight.

shed tears › to cry

shed blood › to kill or injure someone → See also cast/shed light on sth

(Definition of shed verb from the Cambridge Learner's Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)

real or true

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