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shade

noun

1 shade

Relative darkness caused by light rays being intercepted by an opaque body:
— It is much cooler in the shade.

synonyms: shadiness, shadowiness.

Roget 530: camouflage; mimicry; hiding place; secret place, secret drawer; recess, hold, holes and corners; closet, crypt, adytum, abditory, oubliette.    ambush, ... show more

Roget 424: shade; awning etc. (cover) 223; parasol, sunshade, umbrella; chick; portiere; screen, curtain, shutter, blind, ... show more

Roget 421: darkness etc. adj., absence of light; blackness etc. (dark color) 431; obscurity, gloom, murk; dusk etc. (dimness) ... show more

Roget 26: degree, grade, extent, measure, amount, ratio, stint, standard, height, pitch; reach, amplitude, range, scope, ... show more

Roget 556: painting; depicting; drawing etc. v.; design; perspective, sciagraphy, skiagraphy; chiaroscuro etc. (light) 420; composition; ... show more

Dutch: schakering, jaloezie, lommer, schaduw
Polish: cień

2 shade

A quality of a given color that differs slightly from another color:
— After several trials he mixed the shade of pink that she wanted.

synonyms: tincture, tint, tone.

Roget 428: color, hue, tint, tinge, dye, complexion, shade, tincture, cast, livery, coloration, glow, flush; tone, ... show more

Roget 32: smallness etc. adj.; littleness etc. (small size) 193; tenuity; paucity; fewness etc. (small number) 103; meanness, ... show more

Dutch: kleurschakering, nuance, schakering, tint
Polish: ton, odcień, nuta

3 shade

Protective covering that protects something from direct sunlight.

Dutch: zonnescherm, zonwering

4 shade

A subtle difference in meaning or opinion or attitude:
— Don't argue about shades of meaning.

synonyms: nicety, nuance, refinement, subtlety.

Dutch: subtiliteit, schaduw
Polish: subtelność, delikatność

5 shade

A position of relative inferiority.

6 shade

A slight amount or degree of difference:
— The new model is a shade better than the old one.

synonym: tad.

Dutch: beetje
Polish: ździebełko

7 shade

A mental representation of some haunting experience.

synonyms: ghost, specter, spectre, spook, wraith.

Roget 980: demon, daemon, demonry, demonology; evil genius, fiend, familiar, daeva, devil; bad spirit, unclean spirit; cacodemon, incubus, ... show more

Roget 362: corpse, corse, carcass, cadaver, bones, skeleton, dry bones; defunct, relics, reliquiae [Lat.], remains, mortal remains, dust, ashes, ... show more

Dutch: schim, geest, spook

8 shade

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

9 shade

A protective ornamental covering for a lamp, used to screen a light bulb from direct view.

synonyms: lamp shade, lampshade.

Dutch: lampekap, lampenkap
Polish: abażur

verb

1 shade

Cast a shadow over.

synonyms: shade off, shadow.

Roget 528: conceal, hide, secrete, put out of sight; lock up, seal up, bottle up.    encrypt, encode, cipher.    cover, screen, cloak, veil, ... show more

Roget 556: paint, design, limn draw, sketch, pencil, scratch, shade, stipple, hatch, dash off, chalk out, square up; color, dead color, ... show more

Roget 421: be dark etc. adj.. darken, obscure, shade; dim; tone down, lower; overcast, overshadow; eclipse; obfuscate, offuscate; ... show more

2 shade

Represent the effect of shade or shadow on.

synonym: fill in.

3 shade

Protect from light, heat, or view.

4 shade

Vary slightly.

5 shade

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


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