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- Dictionaryshade/ʃeɪd/
noun
- 1. comparative darkness and coolness caused by shelter from direct sunlight: "sitting in the shade" Similar Opposite
- 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
verb
- 1. screen from direct light: "she shaded her eyes against the sun" Similar
- 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
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SHADE definition: 1. slight darkness caused by something blocking the direct light from the sun: 2. a covering that…. Learn more.
The meaning of SHADE is comparative darkness or obscurity owing to interception of the rays of light. How to use shade in a sentence.
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.
shade, shadow imply partial darkness or something less bright than the surroundings. shade indicates the lesser brightness and heat of an area where the direct rays of light do not fall: the shade of a tree.
Synonyms for SHADE: shadow, dusk, blackness, gloom, penumbra, umbra, shadiness, dimness; Antonyms of SHADE: light, brightness, illumination, luminosity, radiance, luminance, lightness, brilliance.
material that covers a window, often consisting of a roll of cloth that is fixed at the top of the window and can be pulled up and down. Oxford Collocations Dictionary. of colour. [countable] a particular form of a colour, that is, how dark or light it is.
Shade is a break from the glare of the sun, like the shade of a big tree or the shade under a beach umbrella.