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/ʃeɪd/

noun
- 1. comparative darkness and coolness caused by shelter from direct sunlight: "sitting in the shade" Similar shadowshadinessshadowscoolnesscoolsheltercoverOpposite lightglare
- ▪ the darker part of a picture.
- ▪ a position of relative inferiority or obscurity: "her elegant pink and black ensemble would put most outfits in the shade"
- ▪ a shadow or area of darkness: literary "the shades of evening drew on" Similar darknessgathering darknessdimnessdusksemi-darknesstwilightgloomgloominessmurkinessmurkliterary:gloamingOpposite sunlightdaylight
- ▪ a portrait in silhouette. historical
- 2. a colour, especially with regard to how light or dark it is or as distinguished from one nearly like it: "various shades of blue" Similar colourhuetonetinttingeintensity
- ▪ a slight degree of difference between colours.
- ▪ a slightly differing variety of something: "politicians of all shades of opinion" Similar nuancegradationmodulationshadingdegreedifferencevariationvarietynicetysubtletyundertoneovertone
- ▪ a slight amount of something: "the goal had more than a shade of good fortune about it" Similar a littlea bita tracea toucha dasha modicuma soupçona suspiciona hinta suggestiona tingea smackslightlyrathersomewhatinformal:a tada smidgen
- 3. a lampshade: "a small lamp with a crimson shade"
- ▪ a screen or blind on a window: North American "draw the shades, chill the wine" Similar blindcurtainvenetian blindscreenshieldcovercoveringprotectionawningcanopy
- ▪ an eyeshade.
- ▪ sunglasses: informal "he wore shades and a leather jacket" Similar sunglassesdark glassesinformal:sunniestrademark:PolaroidsRaybans
- 4. a ghost: literary "the ghost is the shade of Lucy Walters, first mistress of Charles II" Similar ghostspectrephantomapparitionspiritwraithphantasmshadowbodachinformal:spookliterary:revenantwightrare:maneseidolon
- ▪ the underworld; Hades.
verb
- 1. screen from direct light: "she shaded her eyes against the sun" Similar cast a shadow overshadowshut out the light fromblock off the light todarkendimsheltercoverscreen
- ▪ cover, moderate, or exclude the light of: "he shaded the torch with his hand"
- 2. darken or colour (an illustration or diagram) with parallel pencil lines or a block of colour: "she shaded in the outline of a chimney" Similar darkencolour inpencil inblock infill incross-hatch
- ▪ (of a colour or something coloured) gradually change into another colour: "the sky shaded from turquoise to night blue" Similar change graduallytransmuteturngobecomemergeblend
- 3. narrowly win or gain an advantage in (a contest): informal British "the Welsh side shaded a tight, tough first half"
- 4. make a slight reduction in the amount, rate, or price of: "banks may shade the margin over base rate they charge customers"
- ▪ decline slightly in price, amount, or rate: "their shares shaded 10p to 334p"
Word Origin Old Englishsc(e)adu, of Germanic origin. Compare with shadow.
Derivatives
- 1. shadeless adjective
- 2. shader noun
Scrabble Points: 9
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  SHADE translate: sombra, persiana, tono, dar sombra a,...
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Shade is darkness created from something blocking light or a lighter or darker variation of a color. Shade also means to block light. The word shade has several other senses as a verb and a noun. When something creates a shadow by blocking light, we say that it provides shade or causes shade.
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Shade is a break from the glare of the sun, like the shade of a big tree or the shade under a beach umbrella.