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English to English noun
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relative darkness caused by light rays being intercepted by an opaque body |  | Example: it is much cooler in the shade
there's too much shadiness to take good photographs
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a quality of a given color that differs slightly from another color | | Example: after several trials he mixed the shade of pink that she wanted
source: wordnet30
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protective covering that protects something from direct sunlight | | Example: they used umbrellas as shades
as the sun moved he readjusted the shade
source: wordnet30
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a subtle difference in meaning or opinion or attitude | | Example: without understanding the finer nuances you can't enjoy the humor
don't argue about shades of meaning
source: wordnet30
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a position of relative inferiority | | Example: an achievement that puts everything else in the shade
his brother's success left him in the shade
source: wordnet30
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a slight amount or degree of difference | | Example: a tad too expensive
not a tad of difference
the new model is a shade better than the old one
source: wordnet30
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a mental representation of some haunting experience | | Example: he looked like he had seen a ghost
it aroused specters from his past
source: wordnet30
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a representation of the effect of shadows in a picture or drawing (as by shading or darker pigment) | | source: wordnet30
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Comparative obscurity owing to interception or interruption of the rays of light; partial darkness caused by the intervention of something between the space contemplated and the source of light. | | source: webster1913 verb
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cast a shadow over | | source: wordnet30
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represent the effect of shade or shadow on | | source: wordnet30
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protect from light, heat, or view | | Example: Shade your eyes when you step out into the bright sunlight
source: wordnet30
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vary slightly | | Example: shade the meaning
source: wordnet30
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pass from one quality such as color to another by a slight degree | | Example: the butterfly wings shade to yellow
source: wordnet30
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To shelter or screen by intercepting the rays of light; to keep off illumination from. | | source: webster1913
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To undergo or exhibit minute difference or variation, as of color, meaning, expression, etc.; to pass by slight changes; -- used chiefly with a preposition, as into, away, off. | | source: webster1913
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