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shade Definition

shade (s̸hād)

noun

  1. comparative darkness caused by a more or less opaque object cutting off rays of light, as from the sun
    1. a place giving protection from the heat and light of the sun, as under a tree
    2. an area less brightly lighted than its surroundings
  2. Archaic
    1. a shadow
    2. a retired or secluded place
  3. an indication or representation of darkness in painting, drawing, photography, etc.
  4. degree of darkness of a color; gradation of a color with reference to its mixture with black various shades of blue
    1. a small difference or variation shades of opinion
    2. a slight amount or degree; trace; touch; suggestion a shade of humor in his voice
  5. Chiefly Literary
    1. a ghost; specter
    2. anything lacking substance or reality; phantom
  6. any of various devices used to protect or screen from light and heat; specif.,
    1. lampshade
    2. window shade
  7. Slang sunglasses

Etymology: ME schade < OE sceadu (gen. & dat. sceadwe), akin to Goth skadus < IE base *skot-, darkness, shadow > Gr skotos, darkness

transitive verb shaded, shad·ing

  1. to protect or screen from light or heat
  2. to provide with a shade
  3. to hide or screen with or as with a shadow
  4. to make dark, as with a shade or a shadow; darken; dim; obscure
    1. to represent the effects of shade in (a painting, photograph, etc.)
    2. to depict in, or mark with, gradations of light or color
  5. to change by very slight degrees or gradations
  6. ☆ to lessen or reduce (a price) slightly

intransitive verb

to change, move, or vary slightly or by degrees

shade Related Forms
shade·less adjective shader noun
shade Idioms

in the shade

or into the shade
  1. in (or into) darkness or shadow
  2. in (or into) comparative obscurity, or a position of minor importance

shades of

something reminding one of something (or someone) past shades of Prohibition!

the shades

  1. the increasing darkness, as of evening
    1. the world of the dead; Hades
    2. the disembodied spirits of the dead, collectively
shade Synonyms

shade

n.

  1. Lack of light

    blackness, shadow, dimness; see darkness 1.

  2. A degree of color

    cast, tone, hue; see color 1, tint.

  3. A slight difference

    variation, proposal, hint; see suggestion 1.

  4. An obstruction to light

    covering, blind, screen; see curtain.

  5. A ghost

    spirit, manes, revenant; see ghost 1, 2. See syn. study at color.

shade Synonyms

shade

v.

  1. To intercept direct rays

    screen, shelter, shadow, cast a shadow over, overshadow, eclipse.

  2. To make darker

    darken, blacken, obscure, cloud, shadow, make dim, adumbrate, tone down, nigrify, black out, make dusky, deepen the shade, overshadow, make gloomy, screen, shut out the light, befog, keep out the light.

  3. To become darker

    grow dark, grow black, become dark, grow dim, blacken, turn to twilight, deepen into night, become gloomy, be overcast, grow dusky, cloud up, cloud over, overcloud, grow shadowy.

  4. *To win by a narrow margin

    barely win, win by a hairbreadth, nose out*; see defeat.

shade Usage Examples

Object

  • terrace: All of the downstairs rooms give access to the enormous, shaded terrace that runs the full length of the house.

Converse of object

  • dapple: The midday sunshine can be a mixed blessing look for dappled shade for best results.
  • tolerate: Plants, which tolerate dry shade, were then carefully chosen.
  • fetch: Mine is a rather fetching shade of Mr. Blobby - pink!
  • vary: The result is that the picture is composed of varying shades from white to dark gray.
  • prefer: Prefers either partial shade, or a rich soil in full sun.

Adjective modifier

  • pastel: The rising sun casts pastel shades across a Hollywood skyline.
  • partial: Aspect: Sun or partial shade with shelter from cold, drying winds.
  • subtle: Or perhaps it's a subtle shade of gray.
  • pale: These include the paler shades of blue that aren't bright in tone.
  • muted: Hybrids have been raised in various colors, including the muted shades of ' Angel's Choir ' shown in the photograph.
  • neutral: All of these accent colors work well against neutral base shades of creams or shades of brown for your main walls and furniture.

Noun used with modifier

  • lamp: The way he holds it changes during the shots, and the lamp shade changes position.
  • aviator: Once the glaring afternoon sun fell into his eyes, he flipped down the aviator shades from his mesh hat.
  • semi: They prefer well-drained soil, sun or semi shade.

Preposition: of

  • gray: A fine plate, printed in various shades of gray.
  • orange: Its bright green leaves have seven or nine lobes and turn fabulous shades of orange and red in autumn.
  • Burgundy: Below the dado rails, it is painted a rich shade of burgundy, complemented by cream paintwork elsewhere.
  • tree: In the shade of the trees her clothes were taking forever to dry.

Preposition: from

  • sun: The lower window is shaded from the direct sun by a simple overhang.
shade Quotes

   The moving accident is not my trade; To freeze the blood I have no ready arts: 'Tis my delight, alone in summer shade, To pipe a simple song for thinking hearts.

—Wordsworth,William

Alas! What boots it with uncessant care To tend the homely slighted Shepherd's trade, And strictly meditate the thankless muse; Were it not better done as others use, To sport with Amaryllis in the shade, Or with the tangles of Neaera's hair? Fame is the spur that the clear spirit doth raise (That last infirmity of noble mind) To scorn delights, and live laborious days; But the fair guerdon when we hope to find, And think to burst out into sudden blaze, Comes the blind Fury with th'abhorred shears, And slits the thin-spun life.

—Milton,John

   Where'er the oak's thick branches stretch A broader browner shade; Where'er the rude and moss-grown beech O'er-canopies the glade, Beside some water's rushy brink With me the Muse shall sit, and think.

—Gray,Thomas

Still nursing the unconquerable hope, Still clutching the inviolable shade.

—Arnold, Matthew

Come, let us here enjoy the shade; For love in shadow best is made. Though envy oft his shadow be, None brooks the sunlight worse than he.

—Jonson, Ben

For she was beautifulöher beauty made The bright world dim, and everything beside Seemed like the fleeting image of a shade.

—Shelley, Percy Bysshe

For we were nursed upon the self-same hill, Fed the same flock; by fountain, shade, and rill.

—Milton,John

And 'while the world runs round and round,' I said, 'Reign thou apart, a quiet king, Still as, while Saturn whirls, his steadfast shade Sleeps on his luminous ring.'

—Tennyson

Writing has laws of perspective, of light and shade, just as paintingdoes,ormusic.If youarebornknowingthem,fine. If not, learn them.Then rearrangethe rulesto suit yourself.

—Capote,Truman

There isnothing ugly; I never saw an ugly thing in my life: for let the form of an object be what it mayölight, shade and perspective will always make it beautiful.

—Constable,John

I will lift up mine eyes unto the hills, from whence cometh my help. My help cometh from the L, which made heaven and earth. He will not suffer thy foot to be moved: he that keepeth thee will not slumber. Behold, he that keepeth Israel shall neither slumber nor sleep. The L is thy keeper: the L is thy shade upon thy right hand. The sun shall not smite thee by day, nor the moonby night.The L shall preservetheefromallevil: he shall preserve thy soul. The L shall preserve thy going out and thy coming in from this time forth, and even for evermore.

—Bible (Old Testament)

No warmth, no cheerfulness, no healthful ease, No comfortable feel in any memberö No shade, no shine, no butterflies, no bees, No fruits, no flowers, no leaves, no birds,ö November!

—Honorius of Autun

The land lies desolate and stripped; Across its waste has thinly strayed A tattered host of eucalypt. From whose gaunt uniform is made A ragged penury of shade.

—Adams, Arthur Henry

'None can usurp this height,'returned that shade, 'But those to whom the miseries of the world Are misery, and will not let them rest.'

—Keats,John

And shade is on the brightest wing, And dust forbids the birds to sing.

—Sitwell, Dame Edith Louisa

Stat magni nominis umbra. There stands the shade of a great name.

—Lucan full name Marcus Annaeus Lucanus

Jolly boating weather And a hay-harvest breeze, Blade on the feather, Shade off the trees; Swing, swing together, With your body between your knees.

—Cory,William originally  WilliamJohnson

Where'er you walk, cool gales shall fan the glade, Trees where you sit, shall crowd into a shade: Where'er you tread, the blushing flowers shall rise, And all things flourish where you turn your eyes.

—Pope, Alexander

Our England is a garden, and such gardens are not made By singing:ö'Oh, how beautiful!'and sitting in the shade, While better men than we go out and start their working lives At grubbing weeds from gravel paths with broken dinner-knives.

—Kipling, (Joseph) Rudyard

Train up a fig-tree in the way it should go, and when you are old sit under the shade of it.

—Dickens, CharlesJohn Huffam

I have a rendezvous with Death At some disputed barricade, When Spring comes round with rustling shade And apple blossoms fill the air. I have a rendezvous with Death When Spring brings back blue days and fair.

—Seeger, Alan

No pleasing Intricacies intervene, No artful wildness to perplex the scene; Grove nods at grove, each a mirror of the other. The suff'ring eye inverted Nature sees, Trees cut to Statues, Statues thick as trees, With here a Fountain, never to be play'd, And there a Summer-house, that knows no shade; Here Amphitrite sails thro'myrtle bow'rs There Gladiators fight, or die, in flow'rs Un-water'd see the drooping sea-horse mourn, And swallows roost in Nilus'dusty Urn.

—Pope, Alexander

Mit einemWorte: wir wollen niemand in den Schatten stellen aber wir verlangen auch unseren Platz an der Sonne. In a word, we desire to throw no one into the shade, but we also demand our own place in the sun.

—Bu« l ow, Prince Bernhard Heinrich von

Oh there once was a swagman camped in the billabongs, Under the shade of a Coolibah tree; And he sang as he looked at the old billy boiling, 'Who'll come a-waltzing Matilda with me.' Who'll come a-waltzing Matilda, my darling, Who'll come a-waltzing Matilda with me. Waltzing Matilda and leading a water-bag, Who'll come a-waltzing Matilda with me.

—Paterson, Banjo (Andrew Barton)

   O Woman! in our hours of ease, Uncertain, coy, and hard to please, And variable as the shade By the light quivering aspen made; When pain and anguish wring the brow, A ministering angel thou!

—Scott, Sir Walter

The people's flag is deepest red; It shrouded oft our martyred dead. And ere their limbs grew stiff and cold, Their heart's blood dyed its every fold. Then raise the scarlet standard high! Within its shade we'll live or die. Tho'cowards flinch and traitors sneer, We'll keep the red flag flying here.

—Connell,James