ALL meanings of shades
shade
S s - 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
- noun shades comparative obscurity. 1
- noun shades a specter or ghost. 1
- noun shades Greek and Roman Religion. one of the spirits of the dead inhabiting Hades. 1
- noun shades a shadow. 1
- noun shades the degree of darkness of a color, determined by the quantity of black or by the lack of illumination. 1
- noun shades 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 shades a slight variation or degree: a shade of difference. 1
- noun shades 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 shades anything used for protection against excessive light, heat, etc. 1
- noun shades (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 shades the shades, Hades, as the abode of the spirits of the dead. 1
- verb with object shades to produce shade in or on. 1
- verb with object shades to obscure, dim, or darken. 1
- verb with object shades to screen or hide from view. 1
- verb with object shades 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 shades to cover or screen (a candle, light, etc.): to shade a light to protect the eyes. 1
- verb with object shades 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 shades to change by imperceptible degrees into something else. 1
- verb with object shades to reduce (the price) by way of a concession. 1
- verb with object shades 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 shades to pass or change by slight graduations, as one color, quality, or thing into another. 1
- idioms shades 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 shades 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 plural shades gathering darkness at nightfall 0
- noun plural shades undertones or suggestions 0