{
    "term": "shed",
    "partOfSpeech": "verb",
    "ox5000": true,
    "cefr": "c1",
    "verbForms": {
        "presentSimple": {
            "iYouWeThey": "shed",
            "heSheIt": "sheds"
        },
        "pastSimple": "shed",
        "pastParticiple": "shed",
        "ingForm": "shedding"
    },
    "definitions": [
        {
            "senseNumber": 1,
            "definition": "to get rid of something that is no longer wanted",
            "sensetop": "shed something",
            "cefr": "c1",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "The factory is shedding a large number of jobs."
                },
                {
                    "text": "a quick way to shed unwanted pounds *(= extra weight or fat on your body)*"
                },
                {
                    "text": "Museums have been trying hard to shed their stuffy image."
                },
                {
                    "text": "She was determined to shed some weight and get fit."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The firm is trying to shed its old-fashioned image."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Her mother had shed ten years since her marriage to Douglas."
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 2,
            "definition": "to take off a piece of clothing",
            "sensetop": "shed something (+ adv./prep.)",
            "labels": "(formal)",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "We shed our jackets."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Luke shed his clothes onto the floor."
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 3,
            "definition": "to lose or drop what it is carrying",
            "sensetop": "shed something",
            "labels": "(British English)",
            "cefr": "c2",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "The traffic jam was caused by a lorry **shedding its load**."
                }
            ],
            "topics": ["Transport by car or lorry"]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 4,
            "definition": "if an animal sheds its skin, or a plant sheds leaves, it loses them naturally",
            "sensetop": "shed something",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "How often does a snake shed its skin?"
                },
                {
                    "text": "trees that shed their leaves in autumn"
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 5,
            "definition": "to send light over something; to let light fall somewhere",
            "sensetop": "shed something (on/over somebody/something)",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "The candles shed a soft glow on her face."
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 6,
            "definition": "to cry",
            "sensetop": "shed tears",
            "labels": "(formal or literary)",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "She shed no tears when she heard he was dead."
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 7,
            "definition": "to kill or injure people, especially in a war",
            "sensetop": "shed blood",
            "labels": "(formal)",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "How much blood will be shed before the fighting ends?"
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 8,
            "definition": "to have the quality of causing water or liquid to run off and not sink in",
            "sensetop": "shed something",
            "labels": "(formal)",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "A duck's feathers shed water immediately."
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": null,
            "definition": "to make a problem, etc. easier to understand",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "Recent research has shed new light on the causes of the disease."
                }
            ]
        }
    ],
    "pronunciations": {
        "uk": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ʃed/",
                "audio": "sh/shed/shed__gb_1.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ʃedz/",
                "audio": "sh/shed/sheds__gb_1.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˈʃedɪŋ/",
                "audio": "sh/shed/shedding__gb_1.mp3"
            }
        ],
        "us": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ʃed/",
                "audio": "sh/shed/shed__us_1.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ʃedz/",
                "audio": "sh/shed/sheds__us_1.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˈʃedɪŋ/",
                "audio": "sh/shed/shedding__us_1.mp3"
            }
        ]
    },
    "wordOrigin": "verb Old English sc(e)ādan ‘separate out (one selected group), divide’, also ‘scatter’, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch and German scheiden. Compare with sheath."
}