shade¹ /shād/

1. Partial or relative darkness
2. Interception of light
3. Obscurity
4. A shadow
5. A momentary facial expression
6. A place or area from which sunlight is excluded
7. Shelter from light or heat
8. That which casts a shadow
9. A screen
10. A window blind (US)
11. A cover to modify or direct the light from a lamp
12. An inverted glass vessel formerly put over a clock or ornament
13. A projecting cover to protect the eyes from glare
14. (in pl) sunglasses (informal)
15. An awning for a shop-window
16. A lace head-covering (obsolete)
17. A variety or degree of colour
18. A hue mixed with black
19. The dark part of a picture
20. A slight difference or amount
21. (in pl; often with cap) the darkness of the underworld, the abode of the dead, Hades
22. The disembodied soul
23. A ghost (literary)

1. To screen
2. To overshadow
3. To mark with gradations of colour or shadow
4. To soften down
5. To darken
6. To shadow, represent (obsolete)
7. To lower (eg a price) very slightly (orig US)
8. To win narrowly (informal)

To pass imperceptibly (away, into, etc)

shāˈded adjective

shadeˈless adjective

shāˈder noun

shāˈdily adverb

shāˈdiness noun

shāˈding noun

1. The marking of shadows or shadowlike appearance
2. The effect of light and shade
3. Fine gradations
4. Nuances
5. Toning down
6. Modification of sound by anything put on top of an organ-pipe
7. The generation of a non-uniform background level in an image by a television camera tube
8. Slight lowering of prices

shāˈdy adjective

1. Having, or in, shade
2. Sheltered from light or heat
3. Underhand, disreputable (informal)
4. Shadowy, mysterious, sinister

shade card noun

A card illustrating the various shades available in a certain type of paint

shade plant noun

A plant adapted to light of low intensity

shade tree noun

A tree planted to give shade

in the shade

1. Sheltered from strong light
2. Overlooked, forgotten, in relative obscurity

on the shady side of (informal)

Over (a specified age)

put in the shade

To outdo completely

shades of

Used to say that something reminds one in some way of (a specified person or thing)

shade² /shād/ (Scot)

To part (the hair)

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