Definition of Shade

Noun

• a representation of the effect of shadows in a picture or drawing (as by shading or darker pigment)
  
• a mental representation of some haunting experience
  "he looked like he had seen a ghost"
  "it aroused specters from his past"
  ghost spook wraith specter spectre
• 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"
  tad
• a position of relative inferiority
  "an achievement that puts everything else in the shade"
  "his brother's success left him in the shade"
  
• 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"
  nuance nicety subtlety refinement
• protective covering that protects something from direct sunlight
  "they used umbrellas as shades"
  "as the sun moved he readjusted the shade"
  
• a quality of a given color that differs slightly from another color
  "after several trials he mixed the shade of pink that she wanted"
  tint tincture tone
• 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"
  shadiness shadowiness

Verb

• pass from one quality such as color to another by a slight degree
  "the butterfly wings shade to yellow"
  
• vary slightly
  "shade the meaning"
  
• protect from light, heat, or view
  "Shade your eyes when you step out into the bright sunlight"
  
• represent the effect of shade or shadow on
  - fill in
• cast a shadow over
  shadow - shade off

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