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- Dictionaryshade/ʃeɪd/
noun
- 1. comparative darkness and coolness caused by shelter from direct sunlight: "sitting in the shade" Similar Opposite
- 2. a colour, especially with regard to how light or dark it is or as distinguished from one nearly like it: "various shades of blue" Similar
verb
- 1. screen from direct light: "she shaded her eyes against the sun" Similar
- 2. darken or colour (an illustration or diagram) with parallel pencil lines or a block of colour: "she shaded in the outline of a chimney" Similar
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SHADE definition: 1. slight darkness caused by something blocking the direct light from the sun: 2. a covering that…. Learn more.
noun. ˈshād. plural shades. Synonyms of shade. 1. a. : comparative darkness or obscurity produced when something blocks the light of the sun. The buildings cast shade on the plaza. b. : relative obscurity or retirement.
shade, shadow imply partial darkness or something less bright than the surroundings. shade indicates the lesser brightness and heat of an area where the direct rays of light do not fall: the shade of a tree.
the degree of darkness of a color, determined by the quantity of black or by the lack of illumination. comparative darkness, as the effect of shadow or dark and light, in pictorial representation; the dark part, or a dark part, of a picture or drawing.
1. Light diminished in intensity as a result of the interception of the rays; partial darkness. 2. Cover or shelter provided by interception by an object of the sun or its rays: sat in the shade under the tree. 3. The part of a picture or photograph depicting darkness or shadow. 4. a.
[countable] a thing that you use to prevent light from coming through or to make it less bright. I bought a new shade for the lamp. an eyeshade. see also lampshade, sunshade. on window. [countable] (also window shade) (both North American English) (also blind British and North American English)
Shade is a break from the glare of the sun, like the shade of a big tree or the shade under a beach umbrella.