(a) To divide (people, things); separate (sb. or oneself from sb. or sth., sth. from sth.); also fig.; also, take (sb.) away [quot.: Gen.& Ex.208]; also, declare or determine (dissension between people) [quot.: ?a1400(a1338)]; ~ claues, of an ox: have cloven hooves; ~ oute; peces shed, separate or distinct pieces; (b) to split (sth.), cleave; (c) to single (sb. or sth.) out, set apart; also, reject (sb.); ben shed, be set apart; also, of a circle: be separate, be different; also, of a virtue: be distinct; ppl. shed, set apart, sent out [quot.: a1325(c1250)]; also, of a herd: separate, privately owned; (d) ~ circumcisioun, to remove the foreskin; (e) ~ bitwix, to discern between (two things), distinguish between.

(a) To shed (rain), keep off; (b) to shield (sb., one's life), protect, keep; ~ with, guard (oneself) against (vice).

To depart, leave; separate; separate from each other, part company; -- also refl.

To part (hair); comb (hair), groom; plait (hair); also, groom (oneself).

(a) To disperse (sth.), spread, extend; distribute (sth.), carry, convey; also fig.; -- also refl.; also without obj.; ~ oute; ppl. shedinge as adj.: dissolvent; (b) to break up (troops), disperse; of an army: break ranks, disperse, scatter; ppl. shed, of people: scattered, dispersed; of a phalanx: ?cut off; (c) to dissipate (sight), weaken; also, ?drive away (color), drain; of color: grow pale; (d) of offspring: to mix (with sb.); (e) ben shed, of seed: to be suffused (with sth.), be covered.

(a) To pour (sth.), pour out, pour forth; cause (bowels) to protrude; also, be poured out [1st quot.]; ~ in..of, pour (water) on (stones); ~ oute; ppl. shed, poured; (b) fig. or in fig. context: dispense in profusion, utter profusely, etc.; ~ forth; ~ oute; (c) to discharge (semen, fluid), ejaculate; secrete (menses); secrete (venom), ?inject; also [quot.: a1387], discharge (one's entrails) by excretion; also, fig. end (one's life); ?also, vomit [last quot.]; of an olive: exude (oil); of a fish: lay (eggs), ejaculate (milt); ~ oute; sperm shed, ejaculated sperm; (d) to strew (sth.), sprinkle; -- also without obj.; also fig.; ~ abrode, spread out; ~ oute; (e) to spill, spill out; overflow; spill (sth.), waste; scatter (money); discard (ashes); also, destroy (sb. or sth.); also fig.; ~ flesh, destroy flesh; also, of Christ: die; ~ oute; ppl. shed as adj.: spilled; (f) to discharge (a vessel) of its contents, empty; also fig.; ~ oute; (g) ~ oute, to draw (a sword); (h) ~ in-to, of an estuary or sea passage: to lead to (a place), flow into.

(a) In phrase: ~ blod, to kill by shedding blood; to kill (sb., an animal) by shedding (his, its) blood; also fig.; ~ of here blod, shed their blood; ~ oute blod; (b) ~ blod, to lose blood, bleed; also, die, be killed, be martyred; ~ blod and water; ~ of his blod, bleed; ~ oute blod; ~ woundes, ?shed blood from wounds; (c) ben shed, of blood: to be shed; ppl. shed, shed, spilled; ben) shed oute; (d) of blood: to come out, flow; ppl. shedinge as adj.: running out.

To dash out (somebody's brain, a horse's brain); spill out (one's brain); of one's brain: be dashed out, be scattered; ~ brain and blod.

To shed (tears); also fig.; ~ oute.

To emit (light), shine; shine (beams of light); illuminate (the moon); also fig.; ~ upon, direct (light) upon (sb. or sth.); shed oute, emitted.

(a) Of rain, snow: to fall; ppl. shed as adj.: fallen; (b) of hair: to hang, descend, flow; (c) ben shed unto, of support: to be bestowed upon (sb.), be imparted to; ben doun shed, of excellence: descend, flow down.

Ppl. shed, downcast.

In surnames.