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Shed

🔄 Synonyms of "Shed"

15 synonyms found via WordNet and Google Books.

Word	Definition
castverb	(physical) To move, or be moved, away.
throwverb	(transitive) To hurl; to release (an object) with some force from one’s hands, an apparatus, etc. so that it moves rapidly through the air.
dropnoun	(also figuratively) A small quantity of liquid, just large enough to hold its own round shape through surface tension, especially one that falls from a source of liquid.
disgorgeverb	To vomit or spew, to discharge.
sloughnoun	(transitive) To shed skin or outer layers.
cast offverb	(transitive) To discard or reject something.
spillnoun	(transitive) To drop something so that it spreads out or makes a mess; to accidentally pour.
moltnoun	US standard spelling of moult. [(intransitive) To shed or lose a covering of hair or fur, feathers, skin, horns, etc, and replace it with a fresh one.]
throw offverb	(idiomatic) To confuse; especially, to lose a pursuer.
exuviateverb	(ambitransitive, rare) To shed or cast off a covering, especially a skin; to slough; to molt (moult).
throw awayverb	(transitive) To discard (trash, garbage, or the like), to toss out, to put in the trash.
caducous	(botany) Tending to fall early.
shake offverb	To remove (something attached to, on or clinging to an object) by shaking.
pour forthverb	(intransitive) To pour or appear in large quantity or large numbers.
moultnoun	(intransitive) To shed or lose a covering of hair or fur, feathers, skin, horns, etc, and replace it with a fresh one.

↔️ Antonyms of "Shed"

Words with the opposite meaning.

Word	Definition
persistent	Obstinately refusing to give up or let go.
lastingnoun	Persisting for an extended period of time.

💡 Words with a Similar Meaning to "Shed"

Found via reverse dictionary — words that share a conceptual meaning.

Word	Definition
pour forthverb	(intransitive) To pour or appear in large quantity or large numbers.
spillverb	(transitive) To drop something so that it spreads out or makes a mess; to accidentally pour.
throwverb	(transitive) To hurl; to release (an object) with some force from one’s hands, an apparatus, etc. so that it moves rapidly through the air.
castverb	(physical) To move, or be moved, away.
shake offverb	To remove (something attached to, on or clinging to an object) by shaking.
throw awayverb	(transitive) To discard (trash, garbage, or the like), to toss out, to put in the trash.
dropverb	(intransitive) Of a liquid: to fall in drops or droplets.
disgorgeverb	To vomit or spew, to discharge.
cast offverb	(transitive) To discard or reject something.
throw offverb	(idiomatic) To confuse; especially, to lose a pursuer.
caducous	(botany) Tending to fall early.
exuviateverb	(ambitransitive, rare) To shed or cast off a covering, especially a skin; to slough; to molt (moult).
moltverb	US standard spelling of moult. [(intransitive) To shed or lose a covering of hair or fur, feathers, skin, horns, etc, and replace it with a fresh one.]
moultverb	(intransitive) To shed or lose a covering of hair or fur, feathers, skin, horns, etc, and replace it with a fresh one.
sloughverb	(transitive) To shed skin or outer layers.
pourverb	(transitive) To cause (liquid, or liquid-like substance) to flow in a stream, either out of a container or into it.
flowverb	(intransitive) To move as a fluid from one position to another.
drownverb	(intransitive) To die from suffocation while immersed in water or other fluid.
sinkverb	(heading, physical) To move or be moved into something.
fellverb	(transitive) To make something fall; especially to chop down a tree.