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- [sheyd]
- /ʃeɪd/
- /ʃeɪd/
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- US Pronunciation
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- [sheyd]
- /ʃeɪd/
Definitions of shades word
- noun shades the comparative darkness caused by the interception or screening of rays of light from an object, place, or area. 1
- noun shades a place or an area of comparative darkness, as one sheltered from the sun. 1
- noun shades window shade. 1
- noun shades a lampshade. 1
- noun shades 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 shades Usually, shades. a secluded or obscure place: He was living in the shades. 1
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Origin of shades
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 Shades
noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
shades 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".
shades usage trend in Literature
This diagram is provided by Google Ngram ViewerSynonyms for shades
noun shades
- bifocals — Bifocals are glasses with lenses made in two halves. The top part is for looking at things some distance away, and the bottom part is for reading and looking at things that are close.
- blinker — a flashing light for sending messages, as a warning device, etc, such as a direction indicator on a road vehicle
- blinkers — If you describe someone as wearing blinkers, you think that they have a narrow point of view and are not taking other people's opinions into account.
- glasses — Carter, 1858–1946, U.S. statesman.
- lorgnette — a pair of eyeglasses mounted on a handle.
verb shades
- calipers — Usually, calipers. an instrument for measuring thicknesses and internal or external diameters inaccessible to a scale, consisting usually of a pair of adjustable pivoted legs.
- frescoes — Also called buon fresco, true fresco. the art or technique of painting on a moist, plaster surface with colors ground up in water or a limewater mixture. Compare fresco secco.
- grays — Plural form of gray.
- hatches — Plural form of hatch.
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