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Shade   /ʃeɪd/   Listen
noun
Shade  n.  
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. 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.
2.
Darkness; obscurity; often in the plural. "The shades of night were falling fast."
3.
An obscure place; a spot not exposed to light; hence, a secluded retreat. "Let us seek out some desolate shade, and there Weep our sad bosoms empty."
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. "The Lord is thy shade upon thy right hand." "Sleep under a fresh tree's shade." "Let the arched knife well sharpened now assail the spreading shades of vegetables."
5.
Shadow. (Poetic.) "Envy will merit, as its shade, pursue."
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. "Swift as thought the flitting shade Thro' air his momentary journey made."
7.
(Painting, Drawing, etc.) The darker portion of a picture; a less illuminated part. See Def. 1, above.
8.
Degree or variation of color, as darker or lighter, stronger or paler; as, a delicate shade of pink. "White, red, yellow, blue, with their several degrees, or shades and mixtures, as green only in by the eyes."
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. "New shades and combinations of thought." "Every shade of religious and political opinion has its own headquarters."
The Shades, the Nether World; the supposed abode of souls after leaving the body.


verb
Shade  v. t.  (past & past part. shaded; pres. part. shading)  
1.
To shelter or screen by intercepting the rays of light; to keep off illumination from. "I went to crop the sylvan scenes, And shade our altars with their leafy greens."
2.
To shelter; to cover from injury; to protect; to screen; to hide; as, to shade one's eyes. "Ere in our own house I do shade my head."
3.
To obscure; to dim the brightness of. "Thou shad'st The full blaze of thy beams."
4.
To pain in obscure colors; to darken.
5.
To mark with gradations of light or color.
6.
To present a shadow or image of; to shadow forth; to represent. (Obs.) "(The goddess) in her person cunningly did shade That part of Justice which is Equity."


Shade  v. i.  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."





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"Shade" Quotes from Famous Books



... "oor Davie" of Ferntower, the hardy soldier who overcame the fierce Tippoo Sahib at Seringapatam. Beyond lie the Aberuchill Hills, with the flat pyramidal face of Ben Voirlich filling up a gap, and sending its roots, on one side, down into "lone Glenartney's hazel shade," and, on the other, into Loch Earn—sixteen miles away. Further off, and only to be seen on rare days, when the sun's rays are dancing to be dry after rain, are sturdy, broad-shouldered Benmore, and slender, graceful Binnein, the twin guardians ...
— Chronicles of Strathearn • Various
... O Pyrrha! blooming fair, With rose-twined wreath and perfumed hair, Woos thee beneath yon grotto's shade, Urgent in prayer and amorous glance? For whom dost thou thy tresses braid, Simple in thine elegance? Alas! full soon shall he deplore Thy broken faith, thy altered mien: Like one astonished at the roar Of breakers on a leeward shore, Whom ...
— Museum of Antiquity - A Description of Ancient Life • L. W. Yaggy
... the city and sat down on the east side, and there made a hut for himself and sat under it, until he might see what would become of the city. And Jehovah prepared a gourd and made it grow up over Jonah as a shade for his head. So the gourd gave Jonah great pleasure; but at dawn the next day God prepared a worm which injured the gourd, so that it wilted. And when the sun rose, God prepared a hot east wind. And the sun beat upon Jonah's ...
— The Children's Bible • Henry A. Sherman
... water, and some shells and fish-bones, the remains of a recent meal. We saw also, lying upon the ground, several pieces of soft bark, about the length and breadth of a man, which we imagined might be their beds; and, on the windward side of the fires, a small shade, about a foot and a half high, of the same substance. The whole was in a thicket of close trees, which afforded good shelter from the wind. The place seemed to be much trodden, and as we saw no house, nor any remains of a house, we were inclined to believe ...
— A General History and Collection of Voyages and Travels, Vol. 13 • Robert Kerr
... formerly built by Aymer de Valence. Bothwell Bridge was at a little distance, and also in sight. The opposite field, once the scene of slaughter and conflict, now lay as placid and quiet as the surface of a summer lake. The trees and bushes, which grew around in romantic variety of shade, were hardly seen to stir under the influence of the evening breeze. The very murmur of the river seemed to soften itself into unison with the stillness ...
— Old Mortality, Complete, Illustrated • Sir Walter Scott


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