Shed vs. Spill

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.

Spillverb

(transitive) To drop something so that it spreads out or makes a mess; to accidentally pour.

Spillverb

(intransitive) To spread out or fall out, as above.

Spillverb

(transitive) To drop something that was intended to be caught.

Spillverb

To mar; to damage; to destroy by misuse; to waste.

Spillverb

(obsolete) To be destroyed, ruined, or wasted; to come to ruin; to perish; to waste.

Spillverb

To cause to flow out and be lost or wasted; to shed.

Spillverb

To cover or decorate with slender pieces of wood, metal, ivory, etc.; to inlay.

Spillverb

(nautical) To relieve a sail from the pressure of the wind, so that it can be more easily reefed or furled, or to lessen the strain.

Spillverb

To open the leadership of a parliamentary party for re-election.

Spillverb

(transitive) To reveal information to an uninformed party.

Spillverb

(of a knot). To come undone.

Spillnoun

(countable) A mess of something that has been dropped.

Spillnoun

A fall or stumble.

Spillnoun

A small stick or piece of paper used to light a candle, cigarette etc by the transfer of a flame from a fire.

Spillnoun

A slender piece of anything.

Spillnoun

A peg or pin for plugging a hole, as in a cask; a spile.

Spillnoun

A metallic rod or pin.

Spillnoun

(mining) One of the thick laths or poles driven horizontally ahead of the main timbering in advancing a level in loose ground.

Spillnoun

(sound recording) The situation where sound is picked up by a microphone from a source other than that which is intended.

Spillnoun

(obsolete) A small sum of money.

Spillnoun

(Australian politics) A declaration that the leadership of a parliamentary party is vacant, and open for re-election. Short form of leadership spill.

Spillnoun

A bit of wood split off; a splinter.

Spillnoun

A slender piece of anything.

Spillnoun

A peg or pin for plugging a hole, as in a cask; a spile.

Spillnoun

A little sum of money.

Spillnoun

A metallic rod or pin.

Spillnoun

A small roll of paper, or slip of wood, used as a lamplighter, etc.

Spillnoun

One of the thick laths or poles driven horizontally ahead of the main timbering in advancing a level in loose ground.

Spillverb

To cover or decorate with slender pieces of wood, metal, ivory, etc.; to inlay.

Spillverb

To destroy; to kill; to put an end to.

Spillverb

To mar; to injure; to deface; hence, to destroy by misuse; to waste.

Spillverb

To suffer to fall or run out of a vessel; to lose, or suffer to be scattered; - applied to fluids and to substances whose particles are small and loose; as, to spill water from a pail; to spill quicksilver from a vessel; to spill powder from a paper; to spill sand or flour.

Spillverb

To cause to flow out and be lost or wasted; to shed, or suffer to be shed, as in battle or in manslaughter; as, a man spills another's blood, or his own blood.

Spillverb

To relieve a sail from the pressure of the wind, so that it can be more easily reefed or furled, or to lessen the strain.

Spillverb

To be destroyed, ruined, or wasted; to come to ruin; to perish; to waste.

Spillverb

To be shed; to run over; to fall out, and be lost or wasted.

Spillnoun

liquid that is spilled;

Spillnoun

a channel that carries excess water over or around a dam or other obstruction

Spillnoun

the act of allowing a fluid to escape

Spillnoun

a sudden drop from an upright position;

Spillverb

cause or allow (a liquid substance) to run or flow from a container;

Spillverb

flow, run or fall out and become lost;

Spillverb

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

Spillverb

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

Spillverb

reveal information;