Meaning of shade | Babel Free

Definitions

1. shadow (a dark image projected onto a surface where light (or other radiation) is blocked by the shade of an object)
2. A surname.
3. Darkness where light, particularly sunlight, is blocked.
   uncountable
4. shade (darkness where light, particularly sunlight, is blocked)
5. Something that blocks light, particularly in a window.
   countable
6. To pass from one quality, color, or thing to another by very slight changes or degrees.
7. shade, shadow (a small degree)
8. A variety of a color, in particular one obtained by adding black (compare tint).
   countable
9. A little bit; slightly: a sprinter who was a shade quicker that the rest.
10. ghost, shade, phantom
11. A subtle variation in a concept.
    countable, figuratively, uncountable
12. (of parts of a picture) made darker. verdonker مُظَلَّل затъмнен sombreado vystínovaný schattiert skraveret σκιασμένος (για εικόνα) sombreado varjutatud سايه دار sulautua, muuttua vähitellen ombré מוּצלַל तस्वीर के गहरे रंग वाला हिस्सा zasjenjen, osjenčan (be)árnyékolt dibuat lebih gelap skyggður ombreggiato 陰の 어둡게 만들다 tamsesnis noēnots; aptumšots digelapkan gearceerd skyggelagt zacieniony چتر لروونکی sombreado umbrit затушёванный vytieňovaný osenčen osenčen skuggad ทำให้มืดมัว gölgeli 加上陰影的 ...
13. shade (a color obtained by adding black)
14. An aspect that is reminiscent of something.
    countable, figuratively, in-plural, uncountable
15. (especially American) sunglasses. sonbril نَظارات شَمْس слънчеви очила óculos escuros brýle proti slunci die Sonnenbrille solbriller γυαλιά ηλίουgafas de sol päikeseprillid عينك آفتابي aurinkolasit lunettes de soleil משקפי שמש धूप चश्मा sunčane naočale napszemüveg kacamata hitam sólgleraugu occhiali da sole サングラス 선글라스 akiniai nuo saulės saulesbrilles cermin mata hitam zonnebrilsolbrillerokulary przeciwsłoneczne عینک óculos escuros ochelari de soare тёмные очки slnečné okuliare sončna očala su...
    especially American
16. (in a picture etc) the marking that shows the darker parts. arsering تَدَرُّج الألوان، حَجْب، سَتْر، تَظْليل тъмно очертание sombreado stíny die Schattierung skravering σκίαση sombreado varjutamine سايه داري varjostus ombres הַצלָלָה छायाकरण zasjenjivanje, sjenčanje árnyékolás bagian gelap skygging ombreggiatura 陰影 음영 šešėliavimas ēnojums membuat bayang-bayang arceringskyggelegging cieniowanie پرداس (په تصوير كې هغه رنګ يا ليكه چې سيورې ښيي) دسيورې دښودنې دپاره درنګ يا ليكې استعمال sombreado ...
    etc
17. A very small degree of a quantity, or variety of meaning
    countable, uncountable
18. oneerlikheid عَدَم النَّزاهَه، كَوْن الشَّيء مُظَلِّلا непочтеност sombra stinnost; pochybnost die Schattigkeit lysskyhed σκιερότητα, σκοτεινότητα sombra varjulisus سايه افكني varjoisuus ombre אֲפלוּלִיות छायादारी sjenovitost; zloglasnost árnyékosság kegelapan skuggi ombrosità 陰 그늘짐 tamsumas ēnainība ketidakjujuran schaduwrijkheid tvilsomhet; skygge zacienienie, cienistość, podejrzany charakter سيوري اچونه sombra umbră тенистость pochybnosť senčnost senovitost skumhet, ljusskygghet ความเป็นเง...
19. A ghost or specter; a spirit.
    countable, literary, uncountable
20. to cause to seem unimportant. She is so beautiful that she puts her sister in the shade. in die skadu stel يَجْعَلُه يَبدو غَيْرَ مُهِم، يُظَلِّله засенчвам fazer sombra a zastínit in den Schatten stellen stille i skyggen επισκιάζωeclipsar varju jätma از رونق انداختن jättää varjoon éclipser qqn לָשִׂים בַּצֵל महत्वहीन दिखाना zasjeniti háttérbe szorít membuat tampak buruk skyggja á mettere in ombra 目立たなくする 눈에 띄지 않게 하다 nustelbti, užgožti pārspēt/aizēnot kādu menenggelamkan in de schaduw stellen...
21. A postage stamp showing an obvious difference in colour/color to the original printing and needing a separate catalogue/catalog entry.
    countable
22. sombra.
23. Subtle insults.
    uncountable
24. Light diminished in intensity as a result of the interception of the rays; partial darkness.
25. A cover around or above a light bulb, a lampshade.
    countable
26. A candle-shade.
    countable, historical, uncountable
27. Cover or shelter provided by interception by an object of the sun or its rays: sat in the shade under the tree.

Equivalents

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:[…].”

“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).”

“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.”

“shades of meaning”

“new shades and combinations of thought”

“Every shade of religious and political opinion had its own headquarters.”

“shades of Groucho Marx”

“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 […]”

“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[.]”

“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.”

“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.”

“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.”

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