Shed

Definition

shed 1 /ʃed/ n (often in compounds) ပစၥည္းပစၥယ၊ ကြၽဲႏြား၊ ယာဥ္စသည္ ထားသည့္႐ံု။ a tool-shed ❍ a wood-shed ❍ a coal-shed ❍ a cattle-shed ❍ an engine-shed ❍ a bicycle-shed. ❍ HOUSE 1 Compare HUT See also WATERSHED shed 2 /ʃed/ v ( -dd- ; pt, pp shed ) ၁။ အရြက္ေဟာင္းေႁခြသည္။ အေရလဲသည္။ ကုန္ပစၥည္းခ်သည္။ Many trees shed their leaves in autumn. ❍ This snake sheds its skin every year. ❍ A lorry has shed its load on the motorway. ၂။ ( fml ) (မ်က္ရည္၊ ေသြးသံ) ယိုသည္၊ စီးသည္။ shed tears (ie cry) ❍ shed blood (ie to injure or kill another person or other people). See also BLOODSHED ၃။ ခြၽတ္ခ်သည္။ ခါခ်သည္။ ေလွ်ာ့သည္။ He shed his wet clothes and dried himself by the fire. ❍ The duck's feathers shed water immediately. ❍ Economic difficulties have forced many companies to shed staff. ❍ This diet will help you to shed pounds (ie weight) in a matter of days. ❍ ( fig ) You must learn to shed (ie get rid of) your inhibitions. ၄။ ~ sth (on/over sb/sth ) (အလင္းေရာင္)ျဖန္႔သည္။ The candles shed a soft glow over the room.

Examples

1. He is keen to shed his ‘bad-boy’ image.
2. [shed jobs/staff] : The company shed a further 250 jobs this month.
3. [shed weight/pounds] : You need to shed a few pounds.
4. Deciduous trees shed their leaves each autumn.
5. A snake was shedding its skin.
6. The road was closed after a lorry shed its load.