shade
Part of speech: noun
verb
Morphological type: simple
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Etymology: Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *(s)ḱeh₃-
Proto-Indo-European *(s)ḱh₃tús
Proto-Germanic *skaduz
Proto-West Germanic *skadu
Old English sċeadu
Middle English schade
English shade
Inherited from Middle English schade, from Old English sċeadu, from Proto-West Germanic *skadu, from Proto-Germanic *skaduz, from Proto-Indo-European *(s)ḱh₃tús, from *(s)ḱeh₃-. Doublet of shadow. Cognate with Ancient Greek σκότος (skótos) (whence English scoto-) and σκιά (skiá) (whence English scia-, and uncertainly via σκίουρος (skíouros) English squirrel).
Inflected forms:
form: shades
pos: noun
tags: plural
form: shades
pos: verb
tags: present
singular
third-person
form: shading
pos: verb
tags: participle
present
form: shaded
pos: verb
tags: participle
past
form: shaded
pos: verb
tags: past
Senses:
gloss: Darkness where light, particularly sunlight, is blocked.
pos: noun
tags: uncountable
examples: The old oak tree gave shade in the heat of the day.
Temps rose to a sweltering 40 degrees Celsius in the shade.
Now we plunged into a deep shade with the boughs lacing each other overhead, and crossed dainty, rustic bridges over the cold trout-streams, the boards giving back the clatter of our horses' feet:[…].
gloss: Something that blocks light, particularly in a window.
pos: noun
tags: countable
examples: Close the shade, please: it's too bright in here.
Also, people with darker skin tend to have lower blood levels of vitamin D because the pigment (melanin) acts like a shade, reducing production of vitamin D (and also reducing damaging effects of sunlight on skin, including skin cancer).
gloss: A variety of a color, in particular one obtained by adding black (compare tint).
pos: noun
tags: countable
examples: I've painted my room in five lovely shades of pink and chartreuse.
Thus light and colours, as white, red, yellow, blue, with their several degrees or shades, and mixtures, as green, scarlet, purple, sea-green, and the rest, come in only by the eyes[…]
Speaking of round sunglasses, these lightweight polarized ones and come in two shades of tortoiseshell as well as black and bronze.
gloss: A subtle variation in a concept.
pos: noun
tags: countable
figuratively
uncountable
examples: shades of meaning
new shades and combinations of thought
Every shade of religious and political opinion had its own headquarters.
These performances, which include plenty of great one-liners and physical gags but also unearth subtler shades of frustration and self-doubt, are some of my favorites of hers.
gloss: An aspect that is reminiscent of something.
pos: noun
tags: countable
figuratively
in-plural
uncountable
examples: shades of Groucho Marx
gloss: A very small degree of a quantity, or variety of meaning
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
examples: That is a shade too close.
Mrs. Rhodes who (so I gathered from Mr. Petherick's careful language) was perhaps just a shade of a hypochondriac, had retired to bed immediately after dinner.
Five feet in diameter and a shade above knee high, the center of the fragile white canvass structure is filled with […]
gloss: A ghost or specter; a spirit.
pos: noun
tags: countable
literary
uncountable
examples: Too long have I been haunted by that shade.
The adventurer was attacked by a shade.
Swift as thought the flitting shade / Thro' air his momentary journey made.
Still, Birch House (a sop to the shade of the murdered Perak Resident) had no more than its normal share of flagellation[.]
In the silence, that's when the shades come crowding around, asking for love, asking for blood, longing to keep me in Hades surrounded by shades of loss and desire, denial and self-hatred.
gloss: A postage stamp showing an obvious difference in colour/color to the original printing and needing a separate catalogue/catalog entry.
pos: noun
tags: countable
gloss: Subtle insults.
pos: noun
tags: uncountable
examples: throw shade
Why did you paint your room chartreuse? No shade; I'm genuinely curious.
Shade is: "I don't tell you you're ugly, but I don't have to tell you because you know you're ugly." And that's shade.
In a recent interview with Pitchfork, Carey offered her explanation for how the moment of shade came about.
gloss: A cover around or above a light bulb, a lampshade.
pos: noun
tags: countable
examples: Lighting was unimaginative for the standard stock with naked tungsten filament bulbs and metal reflectors. However, all compartments had individual reading lights above the seats with attractive glass shades.
gloss: A candle-shade.
pos: noun
tags: countable
historical
uncountable
examples: I am now finishing this letter by candle-light, with the help of a handkerchief tied over the shade.
His tent is furnished with a good large bed, mattress, pillow, &c., a few camp-stools or chairs, a folding table, a pair of shades for his candles, six or seven trunks with table equipage, his stock of linen (at least 24 shirts); some dozens of wine, brandy, and gin; tea, sugar, and biscuit; and a hamper of live poultry and his milch-goat.
gloss: To shield (someone or something) from light.
pos: verb
tags: transitive
examples: The old oak tree shaded the lawn in the heat of the day.
gloss: To shield oneself from light.
pos: verb
tags: intransitive
rare
examples: We shaded under a huge oak tree.
gloss: To alter slightly.
pos: verb
tags: transitive
examples: You'll need to shade your shot slightly to the left.
Most politicians will shade the truth if it helps them.
gloss: To vary or approach something slightly, particularly in color.
pos: verb
tags: intransitive
examples: The hillside was bright green, shading towards gold in the drier areas.
This small group will be most conveniently treated with the emotional division, into which it shades.
gloss: To move slightly from one's normal fielding position.
pos: verb
tags: intransitive
examples: Jones will shade a little to the right on this pitch count.
gloss: To darken, particularly in drawing.
pos: verb
tags: transitive
examples: I draw contours first, gradually shading in midtones and shadows.
gloss: To win by a narrow margin.
pos: verb
examples: Both parties claimed afterwards that their man did best in the debate, but an early opinion poll suggested Mr Cameron shaded it.
It was Alexis Mac Allister who lit the touchpaper at the start of the second half, scoring from the penalty spot to cancel out John Stones’s opener for City midway through a first half that the defending champions had shaded.
gloss: To reduce (a window) so that only its title bar is visible.
pos: verb
tags: transitive
gloss: To throw shade, to subtly insult someone.
pos: verb
tags: slang
transitive
examples: The lyrics have prompted headlines about her “shading” Musk with a “spicy dig”, but I reckon the guy got off lightly.
gloss: To shelter; to cover from injury; to protect; to screen.
pos: verb
tags: obsolete
transitive
examples: Ere in our own house I do shade my head.
gloss: To present a shadow or image of; to shadow forth; to represent.
pos: verb
tags: obsolete
transitive
examples: His [Osiris’s] wife was Iſis, whom they likewiſe made / A Goddeſſe of great powre and ſouerainty, / And in her perſon cunningly did ſhade / That part of Iuſtice, which is Equity, […]
Related words: scia-
scoto-
shadow
shed
Derived words: candle-shade
cellular shade
eyeshade
hillshade
lampshade
lightshade
made in the shade
multishade
nightshade
pet lamp-shade
put in the shade
rainshade
retroshade
roller shade
Roman shade
semishade
seven shades
shade ball
shadebob
shade carrier
shade cloth
shadefest
shadefly
shadeful
shade horsetail
shadehouse
shadeism
shadeless
shadelessly
shadelike
shaden
shadeset
shade tree mechanic
shadiness
shadism
shady
silver shade
smoke-shade
starshade
sunshade
table-shade
turn a number of shades of red
wall-shade
beshade
misshade
overshade
reshade
shadable
shadeable
shader
shade up
shading
unshade
unshaded
Translations:
lang: Catalan
word: ombra
lang: Catalan
word: espectre
lang: Catalan
word: esperit
lang: Dutch
word: spook
lang: Dutch
word: geest
lang: Dutch
word: schaduw
lang: Dutch
word: schim
lang: Finnish
word: haamu
lang: French
word: esprit
lang: French
word: ombre
lang: Italian
word: spettro
lang: Italian
word: ombra
lang: Italian
word: fantasma
lang: Macedonian
word: сениште
roman: senište
lang: Portuguese
word: espectro
lang: Portuguese
word: sombra
lang: Bulgarian
word: засенчвам
roman: zasenčvam
lang: Catalan
word: ombrar
lang: Catalan
word: ombrejar
lang: Dutch
word: schaduwen
lang: Esperanto
word: ombri
lang: Finnish
word: varjostaa
lang: French
word: ombrager
lang: French
word: faire de l'ombre
lang: Friulian
word: ombrî
lang: Hebrew
word: הֵצֵל
roman: hetsél
lang: Italian
word: ombreggiare
lang: Italian
word: fare ombra
lang: Latin
word: umbrō
lang: Latin
word: opācō
lang: Macedonian
word: засенува
roman: zasenuva
lang: Māori
word: kōpare
lang: Māori
word: whakamarumaru
lang: Middle English
word: schaden
lang: Middle English
word: schadwen
lang: Old English
word: sceadwian
lang: Portuguese
word: sombrear
lang: Romanian
word: adumbri
lang: Romanian
word: umbri
lang: Russian
word: затеня́ть
roman: zatenjátʹ
lang: Spanish
word: sombrear
lang: Spanish
word: ensombrecer
lang: Swedish
word: skugga