90% of the time, speakers of english use just 7,500 words in speech and writing. these words appear in red, and are graded with stars. one-star words are frequent, two-star words are more frequent, and three-star words are the most frequent.. Shed a tear (redirected from shed tears) like this video? subscribe to our free daily email and get a new idiom video every day! shed a tear. to cry or weep, especially from grief; to grieve or mourn in general. everyone in the room was shedding tears by the end of the ceremony.. Shed 1 (sh