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Definition of 'Shade'

Random House Webster's College Dictionary

1. (n.) shade
the comparative darkness caused by the screening of rays of light from an object or area.

2.  shade
a place or an area of comparative darkness, as one sheltered from the sun.

3.  shade
shades,

4.  shade
darkness gathering at the close of day.

5.  shade
Informal. sunglasses.

6.  shade
a reminder of something:
shades of the Inquisition.

7.  shade
comparative obscurity.

8.  shade
the disembodied spirit of a dead person, esp. an ancestor.

9.  shade
the degree of darkness of a color, determined by the quantity of black or by the lack of illumination.

10.  shade
a dark part of a picture or drawing.

11.  shade
a slight amount or degree:
a shade of difference; coffee with a shade of cream.

12.  shade
anything used for protection against excessive light, heat, etc.

13.  shade
a shadow.

14. (v.t.) shade
to produce shade in or on.

15.  shade
to obscure, dim, or darken.

16.  shade
to screen or hide from view.

17.  shade
to protect by or as if by a screen.

18.  shade
to introduce degrees of darkness into (a drawing or painting) in order to render light and shadow or give the effect of color.

19.  shade
to render the values of light and dark on (a drawn figure, object, etc.), esp. in order to create an illusion of three-dimensionality.

20.  shade
to change by imperceptible degrees.

21.  shade
to reduce (a price) by degrees.

22. (v.i.) shade
to change by slight graduations.

Etymology: (bef. 900; (n.) ME s(c)hade, OE sceadu (see shadow ); c. OS

Definition of 'Shade'

Princeton's WordNet

1. (noun) shade, shadiness, shadowiness
relative darkness caused by light rays being intercepted by an opaque body
"it is much cooler in the shade"; "there's too much shadiness to take good photographs"

2. (noun) shade, tint, tincture, tone
a quality of a given color that differs slightly from another color
"after several trials he mixed the shade of pink that she wanted"

3. (noun) shade
protective covering that protects something from direct sunlight
"they used umbrellas as shades"; "as the sun moved he readjusted the shade"

4. (noun) nuance, nicety, shade, subtlety, refinement
a subtle difference in meaning or opinion or attitude
"without understanding the finer nuances you can't enjoy the humor"; "don't argue about shades of meaning"

5. (noun) shade
a position of relative inferiority
"an achievement that puts everything else in the shade"; "his brother's success left him in the shade"

6. (noun) tad, shade
a slight amount or degree of difference
"a tad too expensive"; "not a tad of difference"; "the new model is a shade better than the old one"

7. (noun) ghost, shade, spook, wraith, specter, spectre
a mental representation of some haunting experience
"he looked like he had seen a ghost"; "it aroused specters from his past"

8. (verb) shade
a representation of the effect of shadows in a picture or drawing (as by shading or darker pigment)

9. (verb) shadow, shade, shade off
cast a shadow over

10. (verb) shade, fill in
represent the effect of shade or shadow on

11. (verb) shade
protect from light, heat, or view
"Shade your eyes when you step out into the bright sunlight"

12. (verb) shade
vary slightly
"shade the meaning"

13. (verb) shade
pass from one quality such as color to another by a slight degree
"the butterfly wings shade to yellow"

Definition of 'Shade'

Kernerman English Learner’s Dictionary

1. (noun) shade
darkness produced by an object blocking the sun
We sat in the shade of the oak tree.

2.  shade
a particular form of a color
a beautiful shade of blue/red/green etc.

3.  shade
sth that blocks light
a lamp shade

4.  shade
a window blind
Pull down the shades.

5.  shade
a particular form or level
different shades of opinion/meaning

6.  shade
the dark areas in a picture
the artist's use of light and shade

7.  shade
shades
sunglasses

8. (verb) shade
to block a bright light
an umbrella to shade us from the sun

Definition of 'Shade'

Webster Dictionary

1. (noun) Shade
comparative obscurity owing to interception or interruption of the rays of light; partial darkness caused by the intervention of something between the space contemplated and the source of light

2. (noun) Shade
darkness; obscurity; -- often in the plural

3. (noun) Shade
an obscure place; a spot not exposed to light; hence, a secluded retreat

4. (noun) Shade
that which intercepts, or shelters from, light or the direct rays of the sun; hence, also, that which protects from heat or currents of air; a screen; protection; shelter; cover; as, a lamp shade

5. (noun) Shade
shadow

6. (noun) Shade
the soul after its separation from the body; -- so called because the ancients it to be perceptible to the sight, though not to the touch; a spirit; a ghost; as, the shades of departed heroes

7. (noun) Shade
the darker portion of a picture; a less illuminated part. See Def. 1, above

8. (noun) Shade
degree or variation of color, as darker or lighter, stronger or paler; as, a delicate shade of pink

9. (noun) Shade
a minute difference or variation, as of thought, belief, expression, etc.; also, the quality or degree of anything which is distinguished from others similar by slight differences; as, the shades of meaning in synonyms

10. (verb) Shade
to shelter or screen by intercepting the rays of light; to keep off illumination from

11. (verb) Shade
to shelter; to cover from injury; to protect; to screen; to hide; as, to shade one's eyes

12. (verb) Shade
to obscure; to dim the brightness of

13. (verb) Shade
to pain in obscure colors; to darken

14. (verb) Shade
to mark with gradations of light or color

15. (verb) Shade
to present a shadow or image of; to shadow forth; to represent

Translation of 'Shade'

Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary

Sense: slight darkness caused by the blocking of some light I prefer to sit in the shade rather than the sun.
Afrikaans: skaduwee	Arabic: فَيء، ظِل	Bulgarian: сянка
Brazilian: sombra	Czech: stín	German: der Schatten
Danish: skygge	Greek: ίσκιος, σκιά	Spanish: sombra
Estonian: vari	Farsi: سايه	Finnish: varjo
French: ombre	Hebrew: צֵל	Hindi: छाया
Croatian: sjena, sjenka	Hungarian: árnyék	Indonesian: keteduhan
Icelandic: skuggi	Italian: ombra	Japanese: 陰
Korean: 그늘	Lithuanian: paunksnė, šešėlis	Latvian: ēna
Malay: tempat redup	Dutch: schaduw	Norwegian: skygge
Polish: cień	Persian: سايه	Pashto: سيوري، تتوالى، تياره (تار
Portuguese: sombra	Romanian: umbră; umbrar	Russian: тень
Slovak: tieň	Slovenian: senca	Serbian: hlad
Swedish: skugga	Thai: ที่ร่ม	Turkish: gölge, gölgelik yer
Taiwanese: 蔭，陰涼處	Ukrainian: тінь; холодок	Urdu: سایہ
Vietnamese: bóng, bóng tối	Chinese: 荫，阴凉处
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