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- [sheyd]
- /ʃeɪd/
- /ʃeɪd/
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- US Pronunciation
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- [sheyd]
- /ʃeɪd/
Definitions of shade word
- noun shade the comparative darkness caused by the interception or screening of rays of light from an object, place, or area. 1
- noun shade a place or an area of comparative darkness, as one sheltered from the sun. 1
- noun shade window shade. 1
- noun shade a lampshade. 1
- noun shade shades. darkness gathering at the close of day: Shades of night are falling. Informal. sunglasses. a reminder of something: shades of the Inquisition. 1
- noun shade Usually, shades. a secluded or obscure place: He was living in the shades. 1
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Origin of shade
First appearance:
before 900 One of the 4% oldest English words
before 900; 1960-65 for def 29; (noun) Middle English s(c)hade, Old English sceadu (see shadow); cognate with German Schatten, Gothic skadus, Greek skótos; (v.) Middle English schaden, derivative of the noun
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Parts of speech for Shade
noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
shade popularity
A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 98% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".
shade usage trend in Literature
This diagram is provided by Google Ngram ViewerSynonyms for shade
noun shade
- adumbration — to produce a faint image or resemblance of; to outline or sketch.
- autosuggestion — a process of suggestion in which the person unconsciously supplies or consciously attempts to supply the means of influencing his own behaviour or beliefs
- awning — An awning is a piece of material attached to a caravan or building which provides shelter from the rain or sun.
- baldachin — a richly ornamented silk and gold brocade
- banshee — In Irish folk stories, a banshee is a female spirit who warns you by her long, sad cry that someone in your family is going to die.
verb shade
- befog — to surround with fog
- begrime — to make dirty; soil
- black out — If you black out, you lose consciousness for a short time.
- blacken — To blacken something means to make it black or very dark in colour. Something that blackens becomes black or very dark in colour.
- blinded — unable to see; lacking the sense of sight; sightless: a blind man.
Antonyms for shade
noun shade
- white — of the color of pure snow, of the margins of this page, etc.; reflecting nearly all the rays of sunlight or a similar light.
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