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shade
English
- 🔊 protective covering that protects something from direct sunlight“they used umbrellas as shades”
- 🔊 a representation of the effect of shadows in a picture or drawing (as by shading or darker pigment)
- 🔊 a quality of a given color that differs slightly from another color“after several trials he mixed the shade of pink that she wanted”
- 🔊 a position of relative inferiority“an achievement that puts everything else in the shade”
- 🔊 relative darkness caused by light rays being intercepted by an opaque body“it is much cooler in the shade”
- 🔊 a mental representation of some haunting experience“he looked like he had seen a ghost”
- 🔊 a slight amount or degree of difference“a tad too expensive”
- 🔊 a protective ornamental covering for a lamp, used to screen a light bulb from direct view
- 🔊 a subtle difference in meaning or opinion or attitude“without understanding the finer nuances you can't enjoy the humor”
- 🔊 pass from one quality such as color to another by a slight degree“the butterfly wings shade to yellow”
- 🔊 vary slightly“shade the meaning”
- 🔊 protect from light, heat, or view“Shade your eyes when you step out into the bright sunlight”
- 🔊 represent the effect of shade or shadow on
- 🔊 cast a shadow over
Spanish
- 🔊 sombrear to shade
- 🔊 matización shade, nuance
- 🔊 umbra shade, shadow
- 🔊 sombra shade, shadow (a small degree)