Barn vs. Shed

Barnnoun

(agriculture) A building, often found on a farm, used for storage or keeping animals such as cattle.

Barnnoun

(nuclear physics) A unit of surface area equal to 10-28 square metres.

Barnnoun

An arena.

Barnnoun

A child.

Barnverb

(transitive) To lay up in a barn.

Barnnoun

A covered building used chiefly for storing grain, hay, and other productions of a farm. In the United States a part of the barn is often used for stables.

Barnnoun

A child. See Bairn.

Barnverb

To lay up in a barn.

Barnnoun

an outlying farm building for storing grain or animal feed and housing farm animals

Barnnoun

(physics) a unit of nuclear cross section; the effective circular area that one particle presents to another as a target for an encounter

Barn

A barn is an agricultural building usually on farms and used for various purposes. In North America, a barn refers to structures that house livestock, including cattle and horses, as well as equipment and fodder, and often grain.

Shedverb

To part, separate or divide.

Shedverb

(ambitransitive) To part with, separate from, leave off; cast off, let fall, be divested of.

Shedverb

To pour; to make flow.

Shedverb

(transitive) To allow to flow or fall.

Shedverb

(transitive) To radiate, cast, give off (light); see also shed light on.

Shedverb

To pour forth, give off, impart.

Shedverb

To fall in drops; to pour.

Shedverb

To sprinkle; to intersperse; to cover.

Shedverb

(weaving) To divide, as the warp threads, so as to form a shed, or passageway, for the shuttle.

Shednoun

(weaving) An area between upper and lower warp yarns through which the weft is woven.

Shednoun

(obsolete) A distinction or dividing-line.

Shednoun

(obsolete) A parting in the hair.

Shednoun

(obsolete) The top of the head.

Shednoun

(obsolete) An area of land as distinguished from those around it.

Shednoun

A slight or temporary structure built to shade or shelter something; a structure usually open in front; an outbuilding; a hut.

Shednoun

A large temporary open structure for reception of goods.

Shednoun

An automobile which is old, worn-out, slow, or otherwise of poor quality.

Shednoun

A British Rail Class 66 locomotive.

Shednoun

A slight or temporary structure built to shade or shelter something; a structure often open in front; an outbuilding; a hut; as, a wagon shed; a wood shed.

Shednoun

A covered structure for housing aircraft; a hangar.

Shednoun

A parting; a separation; a division.

Shednoun

The act of shedding or spilling; - used only in composition, as in bloodshed.

Shednoun

That which parts, divides, or sheds; - used in composition, as in watershed.

Shednoun

The passageway between the threads of the warp through which the shuttle is thrown, having a sloping top and bottom made by raising and lowering the alternate threads.

Shedverb

To separate; to divide.

Shedverb

To part with; to throw off or give forth from one's self; to emit; to diffuse; to cause to emanate or flow; to pour forth or out; to spill; as, the sun sheds light; she shed tears; the clouds shed rain.

Shedverb

To let fall; to throw off, as a natural covering of hair, feathers, shell; to cast; as, fowls shed their feathers; serpents shed their skins; trees shed leaves.

Shedverb

To cause to flow off without penetrating; as, a tight roof, or covering of oiled cloth, sheeds water.

Shedverb

To sprinkle; to intersperse; to cover.

Shedverb

To divide, as the warp threads, so as to form a shed, or passageway, for the shuttle.

Shedverb

To fall in drops; to pour.

Shedverb

To let fall the parts, as seeds or fruit; to throw off a covering or envelope.

Shednoun

an outbuilding with a single story; used for shelter or storage

Shedverb

get rid of;

Shedverb

pour out in drops or small quantities or as if in drops or small quantities;

Shedverb

cause or allow (a solid substance) to flow or run out or over;

Shedverb

cast off hair, skin, horn, or feathers;

Shedadjective

shed at an early stage of development;

Shednoun

a simple roofed structure used for garden storage, to shelter animals, or as a workshop

Shednoun

a larger structure for storing or maintaining vehicles or other machinery

Shednoun

a building for shearing sheep or milking cattle.

Shedverb

park (a vehicle) in a depot

Shedverb

(of a tree or other plant) allow (leaves or fruit) to fall to the ground

Shedverb

(of a reptile, insect, etc.) allow (its skin or shell) to come off, to be replaced by another one that has grown underneath.

Shedverb

(of a mammal) lose (hair) as a result of moulting, disease, or age.

Shedverb

take off (clothes)

Shedverb

have the property of repelling (water or a similar substance).

Shedverb

discard (something undesirable, superfluous, or outdated)

Shedverb

cast or give off (light)

Shedverb

accidentally allow (something) to fall off or spill

Shedverb

eliminate part of (an electrical power load) by disconnecting circuits.

Shed

A shed is typically a simple, single-story roofed structure in a back garden or on an allotment that is used for storage, hobbies, or as a workshop. Sheds vary considerably in their size and complexity of construction, from simple open-sided ones designed to cover bicycles or garden items to large wood-framed structures with shingled roofs, windows, and electrical outlets.