'Shade' definitions:
Definition of 'shade'
(from WordNet)
noun
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" [syn: shade, shadiness, shadowiness]
noun
A quality of a given color that differs slightly from another color; "after several trials he mixed the shade of pink that she wanted" [syn: shade, tint, tincture, tone]
noun
Protective covering that protects something from direct sunlight; "they used umbrellas as shades"; "as the sun moved he readjusted the shade"
noun
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" [syn: nuance, nicety, shade, subtlety, refinement]
noun
A position of relative inferiority; "an achievement that puts everything else in the shade"; "his brother's success left him in the shade"
noun
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" [syn: tad, shade]
noun
A mental representation of some haunting experience; "he looked like he had seen a ghost"; "it aroused specters from his past" [syn: ghost, shade, spook, wraith, specter, spectre]
noun
A representation of the effect of shadows in a picture or drawing (as by shading or darker pigment)
verb
verb
Represent the effect of shade or shadow on [syn: shade, fill in]
verb
Protect from light, heat, or view; "Shade your eyes when you step out into the bright sunlight"
verb
Vary slightly; "shade the meaning"
verb
Pass from one quality such as color to another by a slight degree; "the butterfly wings shade to yellow"
Definition of 'Shade'
From: GCIDE
- Shade \Shade\ (sh[=a]d), n. [OE. shade, shadewe, schadewe, AS. sceadu, scead; akin to OS. skado, D. schaduw, OHG. scato, (gen. scatewes), G. schatten, Goth. skadus, Ir. & Gael. sgath, and probably to Gr. sko`tos darkness. [root]162. Cf. Shadow, Shed a hat.]
- 1. 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. [1913 Webster]
- Note: Shade differs from shadow as it implies no particular form or definite limit; whereas a shadow represents in form the object which intercepts the light. When we speak of the shade of a tree, we have no reference to its form; but when we speak of measuring a pyramid or other object by its shadow, we have reference to its form and extent. [1913 Webster]
- 2. Darkness; obscurity; -- often in the plural. [1913 Webster]
- The shades of night were falling fast. --Longfellow. [1913 Webster]
- 3. An obscure place; a spot not exposed to light; hence, a secluded retreat. [1913 Webster]
- Let us seek out some desolate shade, and there Weep our sad bosoms empty. --Shak. [1913 Webster]
- 4. 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. [1913 Webster]
- The Lord is thy shade upon thy right hand. --Ps. cxxi. 5. [1913 Webster]
- Sleep under a fresh tree's shade. --Shak. [1913 Webster]
- Let the arched knife well sharpened now assail the spreading shades of vegetables. --J. Philips. [1913 Webster]
- 5. Shadow. [Poetic.] [1913 Webster]
- Envy will merit, as its shade, pursue. --Pope. [1913 Webster]
- 6. 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. [1913 Webster]
- Swift as thought the flitting shade Thro' air his momentary journey made. --Dryden. [1913 Webster]
- 7. (Painting, Drawing, etc.) The darker portion of a picture; a less illuminated part. See Def. 1, above. [1913 Webster]
- 8. Degree or variation of color, as darker or lighter, stronger or paler; as, a delicate shade of pink. [1913 Webster]
- White, red, yellow, blue, with their several degrees, or shades and mixtures, as green only in by the eyes. --Locke. [1913 Webster]
- 9. 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. [1913 Webster]
- New shades and combinations of thought. --De Quincey. [1913 Webster]
- Every shade of religious and political opinion has its own headquarters. --Macaulay. [1913 Webster]
- The Shades, the Nether World; the supposed abode of souls after leaving the body. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Shade'
From: GCIDE
- Shade \Shade\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Shaded; p. pr. & vb. n. Shading.]
- 1. To shelter or screen by intercepting the rays of light; to keep off illumination from. --Milton. [1913 Webster]
- I went to crop the sylvan scenes, And shade our altars with their leafy greens. --Dryden. [1913 Webster]
- 2. To shelter; to cover from injury; to protect; to screen; to hide; as, to shade one's eyes. [1913 Webster]
- Ere in our own house I do shade my head. --Shak. [1913 Webster]
- 3. To obscure; to dim the brightness of. [1913 Webster]
- Thou shad'st The full blaze of thy beams. --Milton. [1913 Webster]
- 4. To pain in obscure colors; to darken. [1913 Webster]
- 5. To mark with gradations of light or color. [1913 Webster]
- 6. To present a shadow or image of; to shadow forth; to represent. [Obs.] [1913 Webster]
- [The goddess] in her person cunningly did shade That part of Justice which is Equity. --Spenser. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Shade'
From: GCIDE
- Shade \Shade\ (sh[=a]d), v. i. [See 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.
- This small group will be most conveniently treated with the emotional division, into which it shades. --Edmund Gurney. [Webster 1913 Suppl.]