fountain vs shed

fountain

verb
  • To flow or gush as if from a fountain. 

noun
  • An artificial, usually ornamental, water feature (usually in a garden or public place) consisting of one or more streams of water originating from a statue or other structure. 

  • A natural source of water; a spring. 

  • A reservoir from which liquid can be drawn. 

  • A source or origin of a flow (e.g., of favors or knowledge). 

  • A juggling pattern typically done with an even number of props where each prop is caught by the same hand that throws it. 

  • A roundel barry wavy argent and azure. 

  • A ground-based firework that projects sparks similar to a water fountain. 

  • Anything that resembles a fountain in operation. 

  • The structure from which an artificial fountain can issue. 

  • A drink poured from a soda fountain, or the cup it is poured into. 

  • A soda fountain. 

shed

verb
  • To allow to flow or fall. 

  • to woodshed 

  • To radiate, cast, give off (light); see also shed light on. 

  • To sprinkle; to intersperse; to cover. 

  • To divide, as the warp threads, so as to form a shed, or passageway, for the shuttle. 

  • To part with, separate from, leave off; cast off, let fall, be divested of. 

  • To place or allocate a vehicle, such as a locomotive, in or to a depot or shed. 

noun
  • An automobile which is old, worn-out, slow, or otherwise of poor quality. 

  • An area between upper and lower warp yarns through which the weft is woven. 

  • A large temporary open structure for reception of goods. 

  • A British Rail Class 66 locomotive. 

  • A slight or temporary structure built to shade or shelter something; a structure usually open in front; an outbuilding; a hut. 

  • A unit of area equivalent to 10⁻⁵² square meters; used in nuclear physics 

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