| chop down |  |  | 
| v. (contact) | 1. chop down | cut down.; "George chopped down the cherry tree" | 
|  | ~ fell, strike down, cut down, drop | cause to fall by or as if by delivering a blow.; "strike down a tree"; "Lightning struck down the hikers" | 
| hovel |  |  | 
| n. (artifact) | 1. hovel, hut, hutch, shack, shanty | small crude shelter used as a dwelling. | 
|  | ~ igloo, iglu | an Eskimo hut; usually built of blocks (of sod or snow) in the shape of a dome. | 
|  | ~ mudhif | a reed hut in the marshlands of Iraq; rare since the marshes were drained. | 
|  | ~ shelter | a structure that provides privacy and protection from danger. | 
| hut |  |  | 
| n. (artifact) | 1. army hut, field hut, hut | temporary military shelter. | 
|  | ~ nissen hut, quonset hut | a prefabricated hut of corrugated iron having a semicircular cross section. | 
|  | ~ shelter | a structure that provides privacy and protection from danger. | 
|  | ~ armed forces, armed services, military, military machine, war machine | the military forces of a nation.; "their military is the largest in the region"; "the military machine is the same one we faced in 1991 but now it is weaker" | 
| shed |  |  | 
| n. (artifact) | 1. shed | an outbuilding with a single story; used for shelter or storage. | 
|  | ~ apiary, bee house | a shed containing a number of beehives. | 
|  | ~ boathouse | a shed at the edge of a river or lake; used to store boats. | 
|  | ~ coal house | a shed for storing coal. | 
|  | ~ outbuilding | a building that is subordinate to and separate from a main building. | 
|  | ~ toolhouse, toolshed | a shed for storing tools. | 
|  | ~ woodshed | a shed for storing firewood or garden tools. | 
| v. (contact) | 2. cast, cast off, drop, shake off, shed, throw, throw away, throw off | get rid of.; "he shed his image as a pushy boss"; "shed your clothes" | 
|  | ~ exuviate, molt, moult, slough, shed | cast off hair, skin, horn, or feathers.; "our dog sheds every Spring" | 
|  | ~ remove, take away, withdraw, take | remove something concrete, as by lifting, pushing, or taking off, or remove something abstract.; "remove a threat"; "remove a wrapper"; "Remove the dirty dishes from the table"; "take the gun from your pocket"; "This machine withdraws heat from the environment" | 
|  | ~ abscise | shed flowers and leaves and fruit following formation of a scar tissue. | 
|  | ~ exfoliate | cast off in scales, laminae, or splinters. | 
|  | ~ autotomise, autotomize | cause a body part to undergo autotomy. | 
| v. (contact) | 3. pour forth, shed, spill | pour out in drops or small quantities or as if in drops or small quantities.; "shed tears"; "spill blood"; "God shed His grace on Thee" | 
|  | ~ pour | cause to run.; "pour water over the floor" | 
| v. (contact) | 4. disgorge, shed, spill | cause or allow (a solid substance) to flow or run out or over.; "spill the beans all over the table" | 
|  | ~ seed | go to seed; shed seeds.; "The dandelions went to seed" | 
|  | ~ slop, spill, splatter | cause or allow (a liquid substance) to run or flow from a container.; "spill the milk"; "splatter water" | 
|  | ~ move, displace | cause to move or shift into a new position or place, both in a concrete and in an abstract sense.; "Move those boxes into the corner, please"; "I'm moving my money to another bank"; "The director moved more responsibilities onto his new assistant" | 
| v. (body) | 5. exuviate, molt, moult, shed, slough | cast off hair, skin, horn, or feathers.; "our dog sheds every Spring" | 
|  | ~ desquamate, peel off | peel off in scales.; "dry skin desquamates" | 
|  | ~ cast off, shed, throw off, shake off, throw away, throw, cast, drop | get rid of.; "he shed his image as a pushy boss"; "shed your clothes" | 
| adj. | 6. caducous, shed | shed at an early stage of development.; "most amphibians have caducous gills"; "the caducous calyx of a poppy" | 
|  | ~ biological science, biology | the science that studies living organisms. | 
|  | ~ deciduous | (of teeth, antlers, etc.) being shed at the end of a period of growth.; "deciduous teeth" | 
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