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shed
English
Pronunciation
- enPR: sh?d, IPA(key): /??d/
- Rhymes: -?d
Etymology 1
From Middle English sheden, scheden, schoden, from Old English sc?adan, sc?dan (“to separate, divide, part, make a line of separation between; remove from association or companionship; distinguish, discriminate, decide, determine, appoint; shatter, shed; expound; decree; write down; differ”), from Proto-West Germanic *skaiþan, from Proto-Germanic *skaiþan? (compare West Frisian skiede, Dutch and German scheiden), from Proto-Indo-European *skeyt- (“to cut, part, divide, separate”), from *skey-.
See also Welsh chwydu (“to break open”), Lithuanian sk?sti (“to spread”), skíesti (“to separate”), Old Church Slavonic ?????? (c?diti, “to filter, strain”), Ancient Greek ????? (skhíz?, “to split”), Old Armenian ???? (c?tem, “to scratch”), Sanskrit ????? (cyáti, “he cuts off”)). Related to shoad, shit.
Verb
shed (third-person singular simple present sheds, present participle shedding, simple past and past participle shed or (nonstandard) shedded)
- (transitive, obsolete, Britain, dialectal) To part, separate or divide.
- c. 1380, Geoffrey Chaucer, Boece
- If there be any thing that knitteth himself to the ilk middle point [of a circle], it is constrained into simplicity (that is to say, into unmovablity), and it ceaseth to be shed and to flit diversely.
- 1460–1500, The Poems of Robert Henryson
- The northern wind had shed the misty clouds from the sky;
- 1635, "Sermon on Philippians III, 7, 8", in Select Practical Writings of David Dickson (1845), Volume 1, page 166 Internet Archive
- Lest […] ye shed with God.
- c. 1380, Geoffrey Chaucer, Boece
- (transitive, intransitive) To part with, separate from, leave off; cast off, let fall, be divested of.
- 1707, John Mortimer, The whole Art of Husbandry
- White oats are apt to shed most as they lie, and black as they stand.
- 2012 November 2, Ken Belson, "[1]," New York Times (retrieved 2 November 2012):
- She called on all the marathoners to go to Staten Island to help with the clean-up effort and to bring the clothes they would have shed at the start to shelters or other places where displaced people were in need.
- 1707, John Mortimer, The whole Art of Husbandry
- (transitive, archaic) To pour; to make flow.
- (transitive) To allow to flow or fall.
- (transitive) To radiate, cast, give off (light); see also shed light on.
- (obsolete, transitive) To pour forth, give off, impart.
- (obsolete, intransitive) To fall in drops; to pour.
- swich a reyn doun fro the welkne shadde
- To sprinkle; to intersperse; to cover.
- 1606, Ben Jonson, Hymenaei
- Her hair […] is shed with gray.
- 1606, Ben Jonson, Hymenaei
- (weaving) To divide, as the warp threads, so as to form a shed, or passageway, for the shuttle.
Derived terms
Translations
Etymology 2
From Middle English schede, schode, schad, shæd, from a combination of Old English sc?ada (“a parting of the hair, top of the head”) and Old English ?es??ad (“distinction, reason”).
Alternative forms
- shode (dialectal)
- shead, shede (obsolete)
Noun
shed (plural sheds)
- (weaving) An area between upper and lower warp yarns through which the weft is woven.
- (obsolete) A distinction or dividing-line.
- (obsolete) A parting in the hair.
- (obsolete) The top of the head.
- (obsolete) An area of land as distinguished from those around it.
- (physics) A unit of area equivalent to 10-52 square meters
Derived terms
- countershed
- watershed
Translations
Etymology 3
Dialectal variant of a specialized use of shade.
Noun
shed (plural sheds)
- A slight or temporary structure built to shade or shelter something; a structure usually open in front; an outbuilding; a hut.
- a wagon shed; a wood shed; a garden shed
- A large temporary open structure for reception of goods.
- (Britain, derogatory, informal) An automobile which is old, worn-out, slow, or otherwise of poor quality.
- (Britain, rail transportation) A British Rail Class 66 locomotive.
Derived terms
Descendants
- ? Scottish Gaelic: seada
- ? Welsh: sièd
Translations
See also
Verb
shed (third-person singular simple present sheds, present participle shedding, simple past and past participle shedded)
- To place or allocate a vehicle, such as a locomotive, in or to a depot or shed.
References
- “shed”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–present.
Anagrams
- edhs, heds
Aromanian
Alternative forms
- shedu
Etymology
From Latin sede?. Compare Romanian ?edea, ?ed.
Verb
shed (third-person singular present indicative shadi / shade, past participle shidzutã)
- I sit.
Related terms
See also
- mi-ashedzu
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direct
English
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin d?rectus, perfect passive participle of d?rig? (“straighten, direct”), from dis- (“asunder, in pieces, apart, in two”) + reg? (“make straight, rule”). Compare dress.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /d(a)????kt/, /d????kt/, /da??????kt/
- Rhymes: -?kt
- Hyphenation: di?rect
Adjective
direct (comparative more direct, superlative most direct)
- Proceeding without deviation or interruption.
- Straight; not crooked, oblique, or circuitous; leading by the short or shortest way to a point or end.
- Straightforward; sincere.
- Immediate; express; plain; unambiguous.
- He nowhere, that I know, says it in direct words.
- 1827, Henry Hallam, The Constitutional History of England
- a direct and avowed interference with elections
- In the line of descent; not collateral.
- (astronomy) In the direction of the general planetary motion, or from west to east; in the order of the signs; not retrograde; said of the motion of a celestial body.
- (political science) Pertaining to, or effected immediately by, action of the people through their votes instead of through one or more representatives or delegates.
- (aviation, travel) having a single flight number.
Synonyms
- (proceeding uninterrupted): immediate
- (express, plain, unambiguous): explicit, patent, univocal; see also Thesaurus:explicit
Antonyms
- indirect
Derived terms
Translations
Adverb
direct (comparative more direct, superlative most direct)
- Directly.
- 2009, Hilary Mantel, Wolf Hall, Fourth Estate 2010, p. 346:
- Presumably Mary is to carry messages that she, Anne, is too delicate to convey direct.
- 2009, Hilary Mantel, Wolf Hall, Fourth Estate 2010, p. 346:
Verb
direct (third-person singular simple present directs, present participle directing, simple past and past participle directed)
- To manage, control, steer.
- to direct the affairs of a nation or the movements of an army
- To aim (something) at (something else).
- They directed their fire towards the men on the wall.
- He directed his question to the room in general.
- To point out or show to (somebody) the right course or way; to guide, as by pointing out the way.
- He directed me to the left-hand road.
- 1882, John Lubbock, Flowers, Fruits and Leaves
- the next points to which I will direct your attention
- To point out to with authority; to instruct as a superior; to order.
- She directed them to leave immediately.
- (dated) To put a direction or address upon; to mark with the name and residence of the person to whom anything is sent.
- to direct a letter
Derived terms
- co-direct, codirect
- misdirect
- redirect
Related terms
Translations
Anagrams
- Credit, credit, triced
Dutch
Etymology
Borrowed from Middle French direct, from Latin d?r?ctus.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /di?r?kt/
- Hyphenation: di?rect
- Rhymes: -?kt
Adjective
direct (comparative directer, superlative directst)
- direct, immediate
- direct, blunt, frank
Inflection
Adverb
direct
- immediately
Synonyms
- onmiddellijk
- meteen
- rechtstreeks
Derived terms
- drek
Descendants
- Afrikaans: direk
- ? Papiamentu: dirèkt
French
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /di.??kt/
- Homophones: directe, directes, directs
Etymology 1
Borrowed from Latin d?rectus. Doublet of droit, which was inherited.
Adjective
direct (feminine singular directe, masculine plural directs, feminine plural directes)
- direct
Etymology 2
From directement.
Adverb
direct
- (colloquial) directly
- Si t'as pas envie d'y aller, dis-le direct.
- 'If you don't want to go, say it straight up.'
- Si t'as pas envie d'y aller, dis-le direct.
Derived terms
Related terms
- diriger
- directeur
- direction
See also
- droit
Anagrams
- crédit
- décrit
- dicter
Further reading
- “direct” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
Norman
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin d?rectus, perfect passive participle of d?rig?, d?rigere (“straighten, direct”). Compare the inherited drait, drouait.
Adjective
direct m
- (Jersey) direct
Derived terms
- directément (“directly”)
Romanian
Etymology
Borrowed from French direct, Latin directus. Compare the inherited doublet drept.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /di?rekt/
Adjective
direct m or n (feminine singular direct?, masculine plural direc?i, feminine and neuter plural directe)
- direct
- head-on
Declension
Adverb
direct
- directly
- straight
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