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shed out

British  

verb

  1. (tr, adverb) to separate off (sheep that have lambed) and move them to better pasture

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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Bags of gabbro and similar calcium-bearing silicate rocks fill a shed out back and dot the office.

From The Wall Street Journal Dec. 10, 2025

Cortes would often walk from the homestead to Arvia to find his abuelito in the shed out back doing maintenance or puttering at his TV and radio repair business.

From Los Angeles Times Dec. 12, 2024

When you think of someone going off-grid—living in a house that is entirely self-sufficient, with no connection to utility companies—you maybe picture some sort of doomsday prepper in a Unabomber shed out in the wilderness.

From Slate Mar. 28, 2022

There was a shed out behind the house, and if it wasn't a real big drop-off, he'd just open up the shed.

From Salon Aug. 10, 2020

Old Emma liked to keep her independence, so Lulu fixed up ropes leading from the house out to the shed, where she kept her loom, and another one from the shed out to the privy.

From "The Seven Wonders of Sassafras Springs" by Betty G. Birney

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