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shade
Noun
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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.
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A shade is the slight difference between colors.
shade
Verb
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If something is shaded, it is shielded from light.
The old tree shaded the animals from the sun.
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If something is shading, it is approaching something slightly.
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If you shade something in a drawing, you darken it.
Mary started shading in the outlines of the house in her drawing.
leaf
Noun
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A big, flat part of a plant, often green.
The leaves turn red and yellow in the fall.
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The front and back of a page in a book.
I study the leaves of the book carefully.
leaf
Verb
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To look through quickly, browse.
She leafed through the book.
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To make leaves.
The trees leafed in early spring.