English to English
shade
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noun (n)
- relative darkness caused by light rays being intercepted by an opaque body(noun.state)Example:
It is much cooler in the shade.
source: wordnet30 - protective covering that protects something from direct sunlight(noun.artifact)Example:
They used umbrellas as shades.
As the sun moved he readjusted the shade.
source: wordnet30 - a subtle difference in meaning or opinion or attitude(noun.communication)Example:
Don't argue about shades of meaning.
source: wordnet30 - a position of relative inferiority(noun.state)Example:
An achievement that puts everything else in the shade.
His brother's success left him in the shade.
source: wordnet30 - a slight amount or degree of difference(noun.quantity)Example:
The new model is a shade better than the old one.
source: wordnet30 - a representation of the effect of shadows in a picture or drawing (as by shading or darker pigment)(noun.artifact)source: wordnet30
- 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.(noun)source: webster1913
verb (v)
- protect from light, heat, or view(verb.contact)Example:
Shade your eyes when you step out into the bright sunlight.
source: wordnet30 - vary slightly(verb.change)Example:
Shade the meaning.
source: wordnet30 - pass from one quality such as color to another by a slight degree(verb.change)Example:
The butterfly wings shade to yellow.
source: wordnet30 - To shelter or screen by intercepting the rays of light; to keep off illumination from.(verb)source: webster1913
- 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.(verb)source: webster1913