Shade
[ʃeɪd] or [ʃed]
Definition
(noun.) protective covering that protects something from direct sunlight; 'they used umbrellas as shades'; 'as the sun moved he readjusted the shade'.
(noun.) a representation of the effect of shadows in a picture or drawing (as by shading or darker pigment).
(noun.) a quality of a given color that differs slightly from another color; 'after several trials he mixed the shade of pink that she wanted'.
(noun.) a position of relative inferiority; 'an achievement that puts everything else in the shade'; 'his brother's success left him in the shade'.
(noun.) 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'.
(verb.) pass from one quality such as color to another by a slight degree; 'the butterfly wings shade to yellow'.
(verb.) vary slightly; 'shade the meaning'.
(verb.) protect from light, heat, or view; 'Shade your eyes when you step out into the bright sunlight'.
(verb.) represent the effect of shade or shadow on.
Typed by Betsy--From WordNet
Definition
(n.) 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.
(n.) Darkness; obscurity; -- often in the plural.
(n.) An obscure place; a spot not exposed to light; hence, a secluded retreat.
(n.) 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.
(n.) Shadow.
(n.) 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.
(n.) The darker portion of a picture; a less illuminated part. See Def. 1, above.
(n.) Degree or variation of color, as darker or lighter, stronger or paler; as, a delicate shade of pink.
(n.) 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.
(v. t.) To shelter or screen by intercepting the rays of light; to keep off illumination from.
(v. t.) To shelter; to cover from injury; to protect; to screen; to hide; as, to shade one's eyes.
(v. t.) To obscure; to dim the brightness of.
(v. t.) To pain in obscure colors; to darken.
(v. t.) To mark with gradations of light or color.
(v. t.) To present a shadow or image of; to shadow forth; to represent.
Edited by Griffith
Synonyms and Synonymous
n. [1]. Shadow.[2]. Darkness, obscurity, dusk, duskiness, gloom.[3]. Screen, curtain, veil.[4]. Color, hue, tint, tinge, cast, stain, dye.[5]. Degree, kind, variety, minute difference.[6]. Ghost, spirit, apparition, spectre, phantom, manes.
v. a. [1]. Obscure, cloud, darken, eclipse, dim, obfuscate, put in shadow, cast in the shade.[2]. Screen, cover, protect.
Typist: Vilma
Synonyms and Antonyms
SYN:Shadow, adumbration, umbrage, darkness,[See FETTER], obscurity, seclusion,protection, shelter, screen, oscuro, minuteness, touch, degree
ANT:Illumination, light, daylight, sunshine, brightness, radiance, glare, chiaro,amount, largeness, considerableness, quantity, publicity, defencelessness,exposure
SYN:Shelter, screen, obscure, darken, cloud,[See {[gombreuc-^]?}]
ANT:Illuminate, brighten, make_light
Typed by Jeanette
Definition
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.
Edited by Aaron
Examples
- I then signed to Mr. Peggotty to remain where he was, and emerged from their shade to speak to her. Charles Dickens. David Copperfield.
- I turned from the group of trees and the merrie companie in its shade. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
- Coloring matter, dissolved in alcohol, may be put in and made of any shade you like. William K. David. Secrets of Wise Men, Chemists and Great Physicians.
- Paths, hedges, fields, houses, and trees, were enveloped in one deep shade. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
- It is usual to fix the opaque shade, which alternately covers and exposes the two magic lanterns, on to a central pin, so that it may be moved vertically up or down. Frederick C. Bakewell. Great Facts.
- Give it to me, and let me put a paper round it, and tie it to my umbrella with my shade;--there, now. Harriet Beecher Stowe. Uncle Tom's Cabin.
- A particular shade of any colour may acquire a new degree of liveliness or brightness without any other variation. David Hume. A Treatise of Human Nature.
- The shady retreat furnished relief from the garish day to the primitive man, and the opaque shades and Venetian blinds of modern civilization exclude the excess of light at our windows. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
- There were black, deep blue, lighter blue, green, purple, red, yellow, white, and other colours or shades of colours. Benjamin Franklin. Memoirs of Benjamin Franklin.
- Two colours, that are of the same kind, may yet be of different shades, and in that respect admit of comparison. David Hume. A Treatise of Human Nature.
- The terrors and horrors of Cocytus and Styx, ghosts and sapless shades, and the rest of their Tartarean nomenclature, must vanish. Plato. The Republic.
- It is only the nucleus that can be guessed at; the fringe which shades out into various degrees of respectability remains entirely unmeasured. Walter Lippmann. A Preface to Politics.
- One beautiful evening, when the first shades of twilight were beginning to settle upon the earth, Oliver sat at this window, intent upon his books. Charles Dickens. Oliver Twist.
- Down the sable flood we glided, I thought of the Styx, and of Charon rowing some solitary soul to the Land of Shades. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
- Beyond the boundaries of the plantation, George had noticed a dry, sandy knoll, shaded by a few trees; there they made the grave. Harriet Beecher Stowe. Uncle Tom's Cabin.
- But the difference is but one of emphasis; the meaning that is shaded in one set of words is illuminated in the other. John Dewey. Democracy and Education.
- Before its introduction it was not possible to reproduce cheaply in printers’ ink shaded pictures like photographs, brush drawings, paintings, etc. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
- Eustacia turned, entered the house, and ascended to the front bedroom, where a shaded light was burning. Thomas Hardy. The Return of the Native.
- Good morning, reddleman, she said, hardly troubling to lift her heavily shaded eyes to his. Thomas Hardy. The Return of the Native.
- Not the least disguise toned down or shaded off that uncompromising fact in the landscape. Charles Dickens. Hard Times.
- When they came to some heavily shaded spots, the fine trees were marked T to indicate that the work in getting through them would be tough. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- Louisa,' said Mr. Gradgrind, shading his face with his hand, 'has always been my favourite child. Charles Dickens. Hard Times.
- For photo-lithography only line drawing, type print, or script, without any smooth shading, can be employed. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
- St. Clare had been sitting, during the whole time, with his hand shading his eyes, in the same attitude. Harriet Beecher Stowe. Uncle Tom's Cabin.
- Well, sir, returns the stationer, shading his communication with his hat, it falls a little hard upon me. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
- She rises from table, takes a lounging-chair, and reclines in it, shading her face. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
- The lawyer stands before the fire with his hand out at arm's length, shading his face. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
- When he had well examined it, he retired with Mr. Kenge into a window, and shading his mouth with his black glove, spoke to him at some length. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
Editor: Priscilla