shade
Nouns
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(n) relative darkness caused by light rays being intercepted by an opaque body
- it is much cooler in the shade
- there's too much shadiness to take good photographs
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(n) a quality of a given color that differs slightly from another color
- after several trials he mixed the shade of pink that she wanted
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(n) protective covering that protects something from direct sunlight
- they used umbrellas as shades
- as the sun moved he readjusted the shade
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(n) a subtle difference in meaning or opinion or attitude
- without understanding the finer nuances you can't enjoy the humor
- don't argue about shades of meaning
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(n) a position of relative inferiority
- an achievement that puts everything else in the shade
- his brother's success left him in the shade
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(n) a slight amount or degree of difference
- a tad too expensive
- not a tad of difference
- the new model is a shade better than the old one
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(n) a mental representation of some haunting experience
- he looked like he had seen a ghost
- it aroused specters from his past
- (n) a representation of the effect of shadows in a picture or drawing (as by shading or darker pigment)
Verbs
- (v) cast a shadow over shade off, shadow,
- (v) represent the effect of shade or shadow on fill in,
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(v) protect from light, heat, or view
- Shade your eyes when you step out into the bright sunlight
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(v) vary slightly
- shade the meaning
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(v) pass from one quality such as color to another by a slight degree
- the butterfly wings shade to yellow