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"Woodshedding", or shedding, is a term commonly used to describe the act of practicing some endeavor, usually in private, to improve one's proficiency in performing it.It is typically used by musicians to mean rehearsing a difficult passage repeatedly, until it can be performed flawlessly. [1]
The Shed (arts center), a cultural center in New York City; Shed End, the south stand of the Stamford Bridge football stadium in London; Koussevitzky Music Shed, also known as "the Shed", a music venue at Tanglewood ‘The Shed’, a standing Terrace (stadium) at Kingsholm Stadium, the home ground of Gloucester Rugby
A dragonfly in its radical final moult, metamorphosing from an aquatic nymph to a winged adult.. In biology, moulting (British English), or molting (American English), also known as sloughing, shedding, or in many invertebrates, ecdysis, is a process by which an animal casts off parts of its body to serve some beneficial purpose, either at specific times of the year, or at specific points in ...
A shed under the continuation of the roof of the house Han'pat: Nearby, close at hand [7] Harled Tangled Hassen Hast not Hatch: A small gate [7] Heabm Heaven Heal or Healéd: To cover over [7] Hedlen: Headlong [7] Heissen A prediction of evil Hetful Hot Heth Hearth Hethcropper: A horse or pony bred on a heath [7] Hidy-buck: Children's game ...
a sharp explosive sound (noun and verb) pop music carbonated soft drink (U.S. usage is regional; also: soda, soda pop) (pop in) to arrive unexpectedly father (colloquial) (slang) to shoot; to kill, esp. with a gun (n.) a sudden increase (as in price) (orig. Stock exchange) * porter: doorman, gatekeeper, or building maintenance worker * bearer ...
In the fields of horticulture and botany, the term deciduous (/ d ɪ ˈ s ɪ dʒ u. ə s /) [1] [2] means "falling off at maturity" [3] and "tending to fall off", [4] in reference to trees and shrubs that seasonally shed leaves, usually in the autumn; to the shedding of petals, after flowering; and to the shedding of ripe fruit.
Words with specific American meanings that have different meanings in British English and/or additional meanings common to both dialects (e.g., pants, crib) are to be found at List of words having different meanings in British and American English. When such words are herein used or referenced, they are marked with the flag [DM] (different ...
Hopkins and Riley followed up that book with Inventions from the Shed (1999) [17] and a 5-part film documentary series with the same name. [18] Gordon Thorburn also examined the shed proclivity in his book Men and Sheds (2002), [19] as did Gareth Jones in Shed Men (2004). [20] Recently, "Men's Sheds" have become common in Australia. [21]