shed
Base form
shed
/ʃed/
Past simple
shed
/ʃed/
Past participle
shed
/ʃed/
MeaningC1
to get rid of something; to let something fall off
a snake sheds its skin
In use
- Question · Form 1Can you shed some light on this problem?
- After a modal verb · Form 1Snakes can shed their skin several times a year.
- Past simple · Form 2Yesterday the dog shed hair all over the sofa.
- Past simple · Form 2At the funeral last week, Grandad shed a few tears.
- Present perfect · Form 3The company has shed 200 jobs this year.
- Passive · Form 3Not a single tear was shed when the old factory closed.
Watch out
Shed stays shed in all three: shedded and shedden are wrong. A shed in the garden is the same word, a noun.
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