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

Editor: Priscilla

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