shed

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

Translation

shed leaves/skin/hair, etc › to lose something because it falls off

yaprak/deri/saç vs. Dökülmek

A lot of trees shed their leaves in the autumn.785

› to get rid of something that you do not want or need

atmak; ...dan/den kurtulmak

A lot of companies are shedding jobs. He's shed a lot of weight.785

shed tears › to cry

göz yaşı dökmek/akıtmak, ağlamak

1077

shed blood › to kill or injure someone

kan dökmek, cana kıymak, öldürmek, yaralamak

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

everything that exists or is possible

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