shade (ʃeɪd
)
Definitions
noun
- relative darkness produced by the blocking out of light
- a place made relatively darker or cooler than other areas by the blocking of light, esp sunlight
- a position of relative obscurity
- something used to provide a shield or protection from a direct source of light, such as a lampshade
- a darker area indicated in a painting, drawing, etc, by shading
- a colour that varies slightly from a standard colour due to a difference in hue, saturation, or luminosity ⇒
a darker shade of green
- a slight amount ⇒
a shade of difference
- literary a ghost
- an archaic word for shadow
- See put in the shade
verb (mainly tr)
- to screen or protect from heat, light, view, etc
- to make darker or dimmer
- to represent (a darker area) in (a painting, drawing, etc), by means of hatching, using a darker colour, etc
- (also intr) to change or cause to change slightly
- to lower (a price) slightly
Alternative Forms
ˈshadeless adjectiveWord Origin
Old English sceadu; related to Gothic skadus, Old High German skato, Old Irish scāth shadow, Greek skotos darkness, Swedish skäddä fogTranslations
- British English:
shade
Shade is a cool area of darkness where the sun does not reach.These plants need some shade, humidity and fresh air.ʃeɪd NOUN These plants need some shade, humidity and fresh air.
- Spanish:
sombra
nf
- French:
ombre
nf
- German:
Schatten
nm
- Chinese: 荫凉处 n
- Arabic: ظِلّ n
- Portuguese: sombra nf
- Russian: тень nf
- Croatian: nijansa nf
- Czech: stín nm
- Danish: skygge nutr
- Dutch: schaduw n
- Finnish: varjo n
- Greek: σκιά nf
- Italian: ombra nf
- Japanese: 陰 n
- Korean: 그늘 n
- Norwegian: nyanse nm
- Polish: cień nm
- Brazilian Portuguese: sombra nf
- European Spanish:
sombra
nf
- Swedish: skugga nutr
- Thai: ร่ม ที่ร่ม n
- Turkish: gölge n
- Vietnamese: chỗ râm n
Usage examples
Adrina's eyes glittered; they were quite a remarkable shade of green.
, TREASON KEEP (2001)A high-school girl in New Zealand is being threatened with suspension because the shorts she wears are the wrong shade of grey.
Globe and Mail (2003)I got a painter and decorator in to put a pale rose shade on the walls.
Glasgow Herald (2001)At this point the women are sitting in the shade of nonggaru, the sacred shade , the womb of the Great Mother.
, ABORIGINE DREAMING: Introduction to the Wisdom and Thought of the Aboriginal Traditions of Australia (2002)