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shade English

Meaning shade meaning

What does shade mean?
Definitions in simple English

shade Noun

— The shade is the darker place under a tree or other thing, where the sun is not shining. She rested in the shade of the tree because she felt hot. — A shade is the slight difference between colors.

shade Verb

— If something is shaded, it is shielded from light. The old tree shaded the animals from the sun. — If something is shading, it is approaching something slightly. — If you shade something in a drawing, you darken it. Mary started shading in the outlines of the house in her drawing.

shade

— noun (= shadiness) relative darkness caused by light rays being intercepted by an opaque body it is much cooler in the shade there's too much shadiness to take good photographs — noun a quality of a given color that differs slightly from another color after several trials he mixed the shade of pink that she wanted — noun protective covering that protects something from direct sunlight they used umbrellas as shades as the sun moved he readjusted the shade — verb (= shadow) cast a shadow over — noun (= nuance) a subtle difference in meaning or opinion or attitude without understanding the finer nuances you can't enjoy the humor don't argue about shades of meaning — verb protect from light, heat, or view Shade your eyes when you step out into the bright sunlight — verb represent the effect of shade or shadow on — noun a representation of the effect of shadows in a picture or drawing (as by shading or darker pigment) — noun a position of relative inferiority an achievement that puts everything else in the shade his brother's success left him in the shade — verb pass from one quality such as color to another by a slight degree the butterfly wings shade to yellow — verb vary slightly shade the meaning — noun (= tad) a slight amount or degree of difference a tad too expensive not a tad of difference the new model is a shade better than the old one — noun (= ghost, specter, spectre) a mental representation of some haunting experience he looked like he had seen a ghost it aroused specters from his past

Synonyms shade synonyms

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shade English » English

shadow hue tint screen nuance cover color tone shelter overshadow ghost tinge shield colour tincture obscure lampshade gloom umbra subtlety protect hide darkness blind touch shady shade off refinement nicety hatch fill in eclipse darken cloud wraith window blind veil variation twilight trace tad sunshade summer house spook spectre specter slant shadows shadowiness shadiness

Topics shade topics

What do people use shade to talk about?
Universe, creation Sky

Sun
States Quality Light Dark

Shadow
Social behavior Religion

Supernatural being
Work and occupation Working with buildings Parts of a building

Window
States Quality Light

Color
States Quality Light Color

Change color
Person Body condition

Rest
States Quality Light Shine

Light source

Conjugation shade conjugation

How do you conjugate shade?

shade · verb

Examples shade examples

How do I use shade in a sentence?

Simple sentences

Let's sit down in the shade of that tree.
Trees provide shade.
A parasol is used during the summertime to shade the face.
Nancy is a shade darker than Helen.
The thin man paused in the shade with his knees a little bent.
The thin man took a rest in the shade of a shrine.
Christine stayed in the shade all day, because she didn't want to get a sunburn.
I'm standing in the shade.
I sat down in the shade of a tree and read the book.
The weather is a shade better today.
They sat in the shade of that big tree.
It was cool in the shade of the trees.
An old man was resting in the shade of the tree.
I won't sell this tree shade.
The robbers appeared out of the shade and rushed him.
We had a rest in the shade.
He is a shade better today.
They sat in the shade of a tree.
The sun is beating down and there's no shade in sight.
Or would I were a little burnish'd apple For you to pluck me, gliding by so cold, While sun and shade your robe of lawn will dapple, Your robe of lawn, and your hair's spun gold.
An old tree provides shade.

Movie subtitles

I know, she is such a hot shade of black, right?
Mom, you're throwing shade, and you are surprisingly good at it.
Gays like throwing shade?
I bet you'd be good at throwing shade, too.
What shade of powder do you use?
Open that shade a little.
Pull down that shade.
Pull down the shade!
Is it better to return the fresh shade of trees.
Shade trees.
Large veranda, shade trees all around.
You know, portrait of a lamp shade upside-down. to represent a soul in torment.
Just a shade over 5 million.
Professor Gurkakoff, your window shade again.
One says the shade is blue.
Perhaps the lamp shade is blue.
And if you can't make up your minds, just pull down the shade.
Keep in the shade, Albert.
You put Lord George in the shade, what?
You'll be keen on the house. Shade trees.
Large veranda, shade trees all around. There are three bungalows.
I love the shimmer of satin and silk, the matching of one delicate shade against the other.
Move him into the shade.
Only get this, I picked you for the job. not because I think you're so darn smart. but because I thought you were a shade less dumb than the rest of the outfit.
It's just the shade of lipstick I've been using.
Their buckle shoes and their filibegs of every shade and color.
A little sun and a little shade makes the fairest day. - Get out of here!
It's 130 in the shade, and there ain't any shade up there on that derrick.
Lewis, you forgot to pull down the shade!
I tried to pull down the shade and it flew out of my hand and it's all tangled up!
I like that shade.
Your guests were also wondering whether the music couldn't be a shade more on the, shall we say, happier side?
Your size and the shade of your eyes.

News and current affairs

If America does recover to the previous long-run trend, the next decade will likely witness a construction boom that puts the mid-2000's boom in the shade.
By increasing reflection and shade, a great deal of heat build-up can be avoided.
But if, say, a financial trader or a corporate executive is paid a fortune for being a shade faster than competitors, the public suspects that he or she is undeserving or, worse, a thief.
At last, that big, arrogant, fatally seductive nation, which left the Old World in its shade for so long, had been brought to its knees.
For me, that shade of brown remains the colour of safety.
So, in the financial arena, as elsewhere, there is light and shade in the Thatcher inheritance.

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