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Shade
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- 1 A surname.
- 1 Darkness where light, particularly sunlight, is blocked. uncountable
"The old oak tree gave shade in the heat of the day."
- 2 a protective ornamental covering for a lamp, used to screen a light bulb from direct view wordnet
- 3 Something that blocks light, particularly in a window. countable
"Close the shade, please: it's too bright in here."
- 4 protective covering that protects something from direct sunlight wordnet
- 5 A variety of a color, in particular one obtained by adding black (compare tint). countable
"I've painted my room in five lovely shades of pink and chartreuse."
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- 6 a representation of the effect of shadows in a picture or drawing (as by shading or darker pigment) wordnet
- 7 A subtle variation in a concept. countable, figuratively, uncountable
"shades of meaning"
- 8 a quality of a given color that differs slightly from another color wordnet
- 9 An aspect that is reminiscent of something. countable, figuratively, in-plural, uncountable
"shades of Groucho Marx"
- 10 a mental representation of some haunting experience wordnet
- 11 A very small degree of a quantity, or variety of meaning countable, uncountable
"That is a shade too close."
- 12 a subtle difference in meaning or opinion or attitude wordnet
- 13 A ghost or specter; a spirit. countable, literary, uncountable
"Too long have I been haunted by that shade."
- 14 a slight amount or degree of difference wordnet
- 15 A postage stamp showing an obvious difference in colour/color to the original printing and needing a separate catalogue/catalog entry. countable
- 16 a position of relative inferiority wordnet
- 17 Subtle insults. uncountable
"throw shade"
- 18 relative darkness caused by light rays being intercepted by an opaque body wordnet
- 19 A cover around or above a light bulb, a lampshade. countable
"Lighting was unimaginative for the standard stock with naked tungsten filament bulbs and metal reflectors. However, all compartments had individual reading lights above the seats with attractive glass shades."
- 20 A candle-shade. countable, historical, uncountable
"I am now finishing this letter by candle-light, with the help of a handkerchief tied over the shade."
- 1 To shield (someone or something) from light. transitive
"The old oak tree shaded the lawn in the heat of the day."
- 2 pass from one quality such as color to another by a slight degree wordnet
- 3 To shield oneself from light. intransitive, rare
"We shaded under a huge oak tree."
- 4 vary slightly wordnet
- 5 To alter slightly. transitive
"You'll need to shade your shot slightly to the left."
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- 6 protect from light, heat, or view wordnet
- 7 To vary or approach something slightly, particularly in color. intransitive
"The hillside was bright green, shading towards gold in the drier areas."
- 8 represent the effect of shade or shadow on wordnet
- 9 To move slightly from one's normal fielding position. intransitive
"Jones will shade a little to the right on this pitch count."
- 10 cast a shadow over wordnet
- 11 To darken, particularly in drawing. transitive
"I draw contours first, gradually shading in midtones and shadows."
- 12 To win by a narrow margin.
"Both parties claimed afterwards that their man did best in the debate, but an early opinion poll suggested Mr Cameron shaded it."
- 13 To reduce (a window) so that only its title bar is visible. transitive
- 14 To throw shade, to subtly insult someone. slang, transitive
"The lyrics have prompted headlines about her “shading” Musk with a “spicy dig”, but I reckon the guy got off lightly."
- 15 To shelter; to cover from injury; to protect; to screen. obsolete, transitive
"Ere in our own house I do shade my head."
- 16 To present a shadow or image of; to shadow forth; to represent. obsolete, transitive
"His [Osiris’s] wife was Iſis, whom they likewiſe made / A Goddeſſe of great powre and ſouerainty, / And in her perſon cunningly did ſhade / That part of Iuſtice, which is Equity, […]"
Etymology
From Middle English schade, from Old English sċeadu, sċadu (“shadow; shade”), from Proto-West Germanic *skadu, from Proto-Germanic *skadwaz (“shadow”), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)ḱeh₃- (“darkness, shadow”). Cognates Cognate with Scots shedda (“shadow”), Saterland Frisian Skaad, Skade (“shade, shadow”), West Frisian skaad, skâd (“shade, shadow”), Central Franconian and Limburgish Schatte (“shadow”), Dutch schade, schaduw (“shadow”), German Schatten (“shade, shadow”), German Low German Scharr, Scharre (“shade, shadow”), Luxembourgish Schiet (“shade, shadow”), Vilamovian siota (“shadow”), Yiddish שאָטן (shotn, “shadow”), Faroese skadda (“thick wet mountain fog”), Icelandic skodda, skoddi (“shadow”), Norwegian Bokmål skodde (“fog, mist”), Norwegian Nynorsk skodde, skåddj, skåidd (“fog; ice fog”), Gothic 𐍃𐌺𐌰𐌳𐌿𐍃 (skadus, “shadow”); also Breton skeud (“shadow; reflection; ghost”), Cornish skeus (“shadow; reflection”), Irish scáth (“shadow”), Manx scaa, skæ (“shield; shade, shadow”), Scottish Gaelic sgàth (“shade, shadow”), Latin obscurus (“dark, dusky, shadowy”), Ancient Greek σκότος (skótos, “darkness, gloom”) (whence English scoto-), Belarusian сівы́ (sivý, “grey”), Czech and Slovak sivý (“grey”), Macedonian осој (osoj, “shady place”), Polish siwy (“grey”), Russian си́вый (sívyj, “grey”), Serbo-Croatian сив, siv (“grey”), Slovene osoja (“shady place”), Ukrainian си́вий (sývyj, “grey”), Armenian սեաւ (seaw), սեւ (sew, “black”), Ossetian сау (saw, “black”), Persian سه (sah), سیه (siyah), سیاه (siyâh, “black”), Sanskrit श्याम (śyāma, “black”), श्याव (śyāva, “dark”).
From Middle English schaden, from the noun.
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