Shade

/ʃeɪd/ · noun

Meaning

(uncountable) Darkness where light, particularly sunlight, is blocked..

Definitions by Sense

1. (uncountable) Darkness where light, particularly sunlight, is blocked.
2. (countable) Something that blocks light, particularly in a window.
3. (countable) A variety of a color, in particular one obtained by adding black (compare tint).
4. (figuratively) A subtle variation in a concept.
5. (figuratively, in the plural) An aspect that is reminiscent of something.
6. A very small degree of a quantity, or variety of meaning
7. (chiefly literary and fantasy) A ghost or specter; a spirit.
8. (countable) A postage stamp showing an obvious difference in colour/color to the original printing and needing a separate catalogue/catalog entry.

Example Sentences

The old oak tree gave shade in the heat of the day.

Temps rose to a sweltering 40 degrees Celsius in the shade.

Now we plunged into a deep shade with the boughs lacing each other overhead, and crossed dainty, rustic bridges over the cold trout-streams, the boards giving back the clatter of our horses' feet:[…].

Close the shade, please: it's too bright in here.

Also, people with darker skin tend to have lower blood levels of vitamin D because the pigment (melanin) acts like a shade, reducing production of vitamin D (and also reducing damaging effects of sunlight on skin, including skin cancer).

I've painted my room in five lovely shades of pink and chartreuse.

Thus light and colours, as white, red, yellow, blue, with their several degrees or shades, and mixtures, as green, scarlet, purple, sea-green, and the rest, come in only by the eyes[…]

Speaking of round sunglasses, these lightweight polarized ones and come in two shades of tortoiseshell as well as black and bronze.

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Word Forms

• shades
• shading
• shaded

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