ALL meanings of shade
shade
S s - 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
- noun shade comparative obscurity. 1
- noun shade a specter or ghost. 1
- noun shade Greek and Roman Religion. one of the spirits of the dead inhabiting Hades. 1
- noun shade a shadow. 1
- noun shade the degree of darkness of a color, determined by the quantity of black or by the lack of illumination. 1
- noun shade comparative darkness, as the effect of shadow or dark and light, in pictorial representation; the dark part, or a dark part, of a picture or drawing. 1
- noun shade a slight variation or degree: a shade of difference. 1
- noun shade a little bit; touch, especially of something that may change the color of or lighten or darken something else: coffee with a shade of cream. 1
- noun shade anything used for protection against excessive light, heat, etc. 1
- noun shade (in architectural shades and shadows) a shadow upon those parts of a solid that are tangent to or turned away from the parallel rays from the theoretical light source. Compare shadow (def 11). 1
- noun shade the shades, Hades, as the abode of the spirits of the dead. 1
- verb with object shade to produce shade in or on. 1
- verb with object shade to obscure, dim, or darken. 1
- verb with object shade to screen or hide from view. 1
- verb with object shade to protect (something) from light, heat, etc., by or as by a screen: to shade the eyes from a bright light. 1
- verb with object shade to cover or screen (a candle, light, etc.): to shade a light to protect the eyes. 1
- verb with object shade Fine Arts. to introduce degrees of darkness into (a drawing or painting) in order to render light and shadow or give the effect of color. to render the values of light and dark in (a drawn figure, object, etc.), especially in order to create the illusion of three-dimensionality. 1
- verb with object shade to change by imperceptible degrees into something else. 1
- verb with object shade to reduce (the price) by way of a concession. 1
- verb with object shade Slang. to insult, criticize, or disrespect (a person or thing) in an indirect, artful manner: He got into a fight with someone who shaded his mom. 1
- verb without object shade to pass or change by slight graduations, as one color, quality, or thing into another. 1
- idioms shade cast / put someone in / into the shade, to make another person's efforts seem insignificant by comparison; surpass: Her playing puts mine in the shade. 1
- idioms shade throw shade, Slang. to insult, criticize, or disrespect a person or thing in an indirect, artful manner: He threw some shade at his former boss. 1
- noun shade area not in sunlight 1
- noun shade darkness 1
- noun shade colour: tone, tint 1
- noun shade parasol, awning to block sun 1
- transitive verb shade protect from sun 1
- transitive verb shade art: apply tonal values to 1
- transitive verb shade colour, tint 1
- noun shade little bit, hint 1
- noun shade variety 1
- noun shade ghost 1
- countable noun shade A shade of a particular colour is one of its different forms. For example, emerald green and olive green are shades of green. 0
- uncountable noun shade Shade is an area of darkness under or next to an object such as a tree, where sunlight does not reach. 0
- verb shade If you say that a place or person is shaded by objects such as trees, you mean that the place or person cannot be reached, harmed, or bothered by strong sunlight because those objects are in the way. 0
- verb shade If you shade your eyes, you put your hand or an object partly in front of your face in order to prevent a bright light from shining into your eyes. 0
- uncountable noun shade Shade is darkness or shadows as they are shown in a picture. 0
- countable noun shade The shades of something abstract are its many, slightly different forms. 0
- verb shade If something shades into something else, there is no clear division between the two things, so that you cannot tell where or when the first thing ends and the second thing begins. 0
- noun plural shade Shades are sunglasses. 0
- countable noun shade A shade is the same as a lampshade. 0
- countable noun shade A shade is a piece of stiff cloth or heavy paper that you can pull down over a window as a covering. 0
- countable noun shade The shade of a dead person is their spirit, which is thought to be still alive in some way and in contact with the real world. 0