| Shade |
n. |
To undergo or exhibit minute difference or variation, as of color, meaning, expression, etc.; to pass by slight changes;
used chiefly with a preposition, as into, away, off. |
| Shade |
n. |
Comparative obscurity owing to interception or interruption of the rays of light; partial darkness caused by the intervention of something between the space contemplated and the source of light. |
| Shade |
n. |
Darkness; obscurity;
often in the plural. |
| Shade |
n. |
An obscure place; a spot not exposed to light; hence, a secluded retreat. |
| Shade |
n. |
That which intercepts, or shelters from, light or the direct rays of the sun; hence, also, that which protects from heat or currents of air; a screen; protection; shelter; cover; as, a lamp shade. |
| Shade |
n. |
Shadow. |
| Shade |
n. |
The soul after its separation from the body;
so called because the ancients it to be perceptible to the sight, though not to the touch; a spirit; a ghost; as, the shades of departed heroes. |
| Shade |
n. |
The darker portion of a picture; a less illuminated part. See Def. 1, above. |
| Shade |
n. |
Degree or variation of color, as darker or lighter, stronger or paler; as, a delicate shade of pink. |
| Shade |
n. |
A minute difference or variation, as of thought, belief, expression, etc.; also, the quality or degree of anything which is distinguished from others similar by slight differences; as, the shades of meaning in synonyms. |
| Shade |
v. t. |
To shelter or screen by intercepting the rays of light; to keep off illumination from. |
| Shade |
v. t. |
To shelter; to cover from injury; to protect; to screen; to hide; as, to shade one's eyes. |
| Shade |
v. t. |
To obscure; to dim the brightness of. |
| Shade |
v. t. |
To pain in obscure colors; to darken. |
| Shade |
v. t. |
To mark with gradations of light or color. |
| Shade |
v. t. |
To present a shadow or image of; to shadow forth; to represent. |
