Definitions for shade
ʃeɪdshade

Princeton's WordNet(3.00 / 1 vote)Rate this definition:

1. shade, shadiness, shadowinessnoun

   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. shade, tint, tincture, tonenoun

   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. shadenoun

   protective covering that protects something from direct sunlight

   "they used umbrellas as shades"; "as the sun moved he readjusted the shade"

4. nuance, nicety, shade, subtlety, refinementnoun

   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. shadenoun

   a position of relative inferiority

   "an achievement that puts everything else in the shade"; "his brother's success left him in the shade"

6. tad, shadenoun

   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. ghost, shade, spook, wraith, specter, spectrenoun

   a mental representation of some haunting experience

   "he looked like he had seen a ghost"; "it aroused specters from his past"

8. shadeverb

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

9. shadow, shade, shade offverb

   cast a shadow over

10. shade, fill inverb

    represent the effect of shade or shadow on

11. shadeverb

    protect from light, heat, or view

    "Shade your eyes when you step out into the bright sunlight"

12. shadeverb

    vary slightly

    "shade the meaning"

13. shadeverb

    pass from one quality such as color to another by a slight degree

    "the butterfly wings shade to yellow"

Samuel Johnson's Dictionary(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. Shadenoun

   Etymology: scadu , Saxon; schade, Dutch.

   1. The cloud or opacity made by interception of the light.

   Spring no obstacle found here nor shade,
   But all sunshine. John Milton.

   2. Darkness; obscurity.

   The weaker light unwillingly declin’d,
   And to prevailing shades the murmuring world resign’d. Wentworth Dillon.

   3. Coolness made by interception of the sun.

   Antigonus, when told that the enemy had such volleys of arrows that hid the sun, said, that falls out well; for this is hot weather, and so we shall fight in the shade. Francis Bacon.

   That high mount of God whence light and shade
   Shine both. John Milton.

   4. An obscure place, properly in a grove or close wood by which the light is excluded.

   Let us seek out some desolate shade, and there
   Weep our sad bosoms empty. William Shakespeare.

   Regions of sorrow, doleful shades. John Milton.

   Then to the desart takes his flight;
   Where still from shade to shade the son of God,
   After forty days fasting, had remain’d. John Milton.

   The pious prince then seeks the shade,
   Which hides from sight his venerable maid. Dryd.

   5. Screen causing an exclusion of light or heat; umbrage.

   Let the arched knife
   Well sharpen’d now assail the spreading shades
   Of vegetables, and their thirsty limbs dissever. Philips.

   In Brazil are trees which kill those that sit under their shade in a few hours. Arbuthnot.

   6. Protection; shelter.7. The parts of a picture not brightly coloured.

   ’Tis ev’ry painter’s art to hide from sight,
   And cast in shades what seen would not delight. Dryd.

   8. A colour; gradation of light.

   White, red, yellow, blue, with their several degrees, or shades and mixtures, as green come in only by the eyes. John Locke.

   9. The figure formed upon any surface corresponding to the body by which the light is intercepted.

   Envy will merit as its shade pursue. Alexander Pope.

   10. The soul separated from the body; so called as supposed by the ancients to be perceptible to the sight, not to the touch.A spirit; a ghost; manes.

   To Trachin swift as thought the flitting shade
   Thro’ air his momentary journey made. Dryd.

   Ne’er to these chambers where the mighty rest,
   Since their foundation, came a nobler guest;
   Nor e’er was to the bow’rs of bliss convey’d
   A fairer spirit or more welcome shade. Thomas Tickell.

2. To Shadeverb

   Etymology: from the noun.

   1. To overspread with opacity.

   Thou shad’st
   The full blaze of thy beams, and through a cloud
   Thy skirts appear. John Milton.

   2. To cover from the light or heat; to overspread.

   A seraph six wings wore to shade
   His lineaments divine. John Milton.

   And after these, came arm’d with spear and shield
   An host so great, as cover’d all the field:
   And all their foreheads like the knights before,
   With lawrels ever-green were shaded o’er. Dryd.

   I went to crop the sylvan scenes,
   And shade our altars with their leafy greens. Dryd.

   Sing, while beside the shaded tomb I mourn,
   And with fresh bays her rural shrine adorn. Alexander Pope, Wint.

   3. To shelter; to hide.

   E’re in our own house I do shade my head,
   The good patricians must be visited. William Shakespeare.

   4. To protect; to cover; to screen.

   Leave not the faithful side
   That gave thee being, still shades thee and protects. John Milton.

   5. To mark with different gradations of colours.

   The portal shone, inimitable on earth
   By model, or by shading pencil drawn. John Milton.

   6. To paint in obscure colours.

Webster Dictionary(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. Shadenoun

   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. Shadenoun

   darkness; obscurity; -- often in the plural

3. Shadenoun

   an obscure place; a spot not exposed to light; hence, a secluded retreat

4. Shadenoun

   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. Shadenoun

   shadow

6. Shadenoun

   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. Shadenoun

   the darker portion of a picture; a less illuminated part. See Def. 1, above

8. Shadenoun

   degree or variation of color, as darker or lighter, stronger or paler; as, a delicate shade of pink

9. Shadenoun

   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. Shadeverb

    to shelter or screen by intercepting the rays of light; to keep off illumination from

11. Shadeverb

    to shelter; to cover from injury; to protect; to screen; to hide; as, to shade one's eyes

12. Shadeverb

    to obscure; to dim the brightness of

13. Shadeverb

    to pain in obscure colors; to darken

14. Shadeverb

    to mark with gradations of light or color

15. Shadeverb

    to present a shadow or image of; to shadow forth; to represent

16. Etymology: [See Shade, n.]

Freebase(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. Shade

   Shade is the blocking of sunlight by any object, and also the shadow created by that object. Shade also consists of the colors grey, black, white, etc. It may refer to blocking of sunlight by a roof, a tree, an umbrella, a window shade or blind, curtains, or other objects. Shade is an important issue in temperate and tropical zones for providing cooling and shelter from the sun.

Chambers 20th Century Dictionary(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. Shade

   shād, n. partial darkness: interception of light: obscurity: a shady place: protection: shelter: a screen: degree of colour: a very minute change: (paint.) the dark part of a picture: the soul separated from the body: a ghost: (obs., poet.) a bodily shadow: (pl.) the departed spirits, or their unseen abode, Hades.—v.t. to screen from light or heat: to shelter: to mark with gradations of colour: to darken: (Spens.) to foreshadow, represent.—adjs. Shā′ded, marked with gradations of colour: sheltered; Shade′ful, shady; Shade′less, without shade.—n. Shā′der.—adv. Shā′dily.—ns. Shā′diness; Shā′ding, the act of making a shade: the effect of light and shade, as in a picture; Shā′ding-pen, a pen with a broad flat nib.—adj. Shā′dy, having, or in, shade: sheltered from light or heat: (coll.) not fit to bear the light, of dubious honesty or morality. [A.S. sceadu—scead, shade.]

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1. Shade

   a cloudy, ill-defined streak or band.

Matched Categories

1. • Apparition
   • Change
   • Color
   • Inferiority
   • Meaning
   • Protective Covering
   • Screen
   • Semidarkness
   • Small Indefinite Quantity

British National Corpus

1. Nouns Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'shade' in Nouns Frequency: #1671

Anagrams for shade »

1. hades

2. deash

3. sadhe

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of shade in Chaldean Numerology is: 9

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of shade in Pythagorean Numerology is: 1

Examples of shade in a Sentence

1. Jan Frodeno:

   I had good run form, but it was brutal, in Hawaii there's no shade at all, nothing. If you're up on the hills, your heart rate goes up and doesn't come down. The only way to get it( down) is ice.

2. Benjamin Franklin:

   Hide not your talents, they for use were made. What's a sun-dial in the shade

3. Greek proverb:

   A society grows great when old men plant trees in whose shade they know they shall never sit.

4. Penni Redford:

   Palm trees do not sequester carbon at the same rate as our native canopy trees and do not provide shade, cool down streets and sidewalks to help counter the urban heat island effect that canopy trees do.

5. Persian Proverb:

   Do not cut down the tree that gives you shade.

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