SHADE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does shade mean? 

• SHADE (noun)
  The noun SHADE has 9 senses:

1. relative darkness caused by light rays being intercepted by an opaque body

2. a quality of a given color that differs slightly from another color

3. protective covering that protects something from direct sunlight

4. a subtle difference in meaning or opinion or attitude

5. a position of relative inferiority

6. a slight amount or degree of difference

7. a mental representation of some haunting experience

8. a representation of the effect of shadows in a picture or drawing (as by shading or darker pigment)

9. a protective ornamental covering for a lamp, used to screen a light bulb from direct view

  Familiarity information: SHADE used as a noun is familiar.

• SHADE (verb)
  The verb SHADE has 5 senses:

1. cast a shadow over

2. represent the effect of shade or shadow on

3. protect from light, heat, or view

4. vary slightly

5. pass from one quality such as color to another by a slight degree

  Familiarity information: SHADE used as a verb is common.

 Dictionary entry details 

• SHADE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Relative darkness caused by light rays being intercepted by an opaque body

Classified under:

Nouns denoting stable states of affairs

Synonyms:

shade; shadiness; shadowiness

Context example:

there's too much shadiness to take good photographs

Hypernyms ("shade" is a kind of...):

semidarkness (partial darkness)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "shade"):

shadow (shade within clear boundaries)

Derivation:

shade (cast a shadow over)

shady (filled with shade)

Sense 2

Meaning:

A quality of a given color that differs slightly from another color

Classified under:

Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects

Synonyms:

shade; tincture; tint; tone

Context example:

after several trials he mixed the shade of pink that she wanted

Hypernyms ("shade" is a kind of...):

color; coloring; colour; colouring (a visual attribute of things that results from the light they emit or transmit or reflect)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "shade"):

mellowness (a soft shade of a color)

richness (a strong deep vividness of hue)

tinge; undertone (a pale or subdued color)

Sense 3

Meaning:

Protective covering that protects something from direct sunlight

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Context example:

as the sun moved he readjusted the shade

Hypernyms ("shade" is a kind of...):

protection; protective cover; protective covering (a covering that is intend to protect from damage or injury)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "shade"):

parasol; sunshade (a handheld collapsible source of shade)

sun visor (a shade (sometimes of green mica) affixed above the windshield of an automobile)

Derivation:

shade (protect from light, heat, or view)

Sense 4

Meaning:

A subtle difference in meaning or opinion or attitude

Classified under:

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

Synonyms:

nicety; nuance; refinement; shade; subtlety

Context example:

don't argue about shades of meaning

Hypernyms ("shade" is a kind of...):

import; meaning; significance; signification (the message that is intended or expressed or signified)

Sense 5

Meaning:

A position of relative inferiority

Classified under:

Nouns denoting stable states of affairs

Context example:

his brother's success left him in the shade

Hypernyms ("shade" is a kind of...):

inferiority; lower rank; lower status (the state of being inferior)

Sense 6

Meaning:

A slight amount or degree of difference

Classified under:

Nouns denoting quantities and units of measure

Synonyms:

shade; tad

Context example:

the new model is a shade better than the old one

Hypernyms ("shade" is a kind of...):

small indefinite amount; small indefinite quantity (an indefinite quantity that is below average size or magnitude)

Sense 7

Meaning:

A mental representation of some haunting experience

Classified under:

Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents

Synonyms:

ghost; shade; specter; spectre; spook; wraith

Context example:

it aroused specters from his past

Hypernyms ("shade" is a kind of...):

apparition; fantasm; phantasm; phantasma; phantom; shadow (something existing in perception only)

Sense 8

Meaning:

A representation of the effect of shadows in a picture or drawing (as by shading or darker pigment)

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Hypernyms ("shade" is a kind of...):

representation (a creation that is a visual or tangible rendering of someone or something)

Derivation:

shade (represent the effect of shade or shadow on)

Sense 9

Meaning:

A protective ornamental covering for a lamp, used to screen a light bulb from direct view

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Synonyms:

lamp shade; lampshade; shade

Hypernyms ("shade" is a kind of...):

protection; protective cover; protective covering (a covering that is intend to protect from damage or injury)

Holonyms ("shade" is a part of...):

lamp (a piece of furniture holding one or more electric light bulbs)

• SHADE (verb)

Conjugation:

Sense 1

Meaning:

Cast a shadow over

Classified under:

Verbs of raining, snowing, thawing, thundering

Synonyms:

shade; shade off; shadow

Hypernyms (to "shade" is one way to...):

darken (make dark or darker)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s somebody
Something ----s somebody
Something ----s something

Derivation:

shade (relative darkness caused by light rays being intercepted by an opaque body)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Represent the effect of shade or shadow on

Classified under:

Verbs of sewing, baking, painting, performing

Synonyms:

fill in; shade

Hypernyms (to "shade" is one way to...):

paint (make a painting)

draw (represent by making a drawing of, as with a pencil, chalk, etc. on a surface)

Domain category:

art; artistic creation; artistic production (the creation of beautiful or significant things)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "shade"):

crosshatch (shade with multiple crossing lines)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s something

Derivation:

shade (a representation of the effect of shadows in a picture or drawing (as by shading or darker pigment))

shading (graded markings that indicate light or shaded areas in a drawing or painting)

Sense 3

Meaning:

Protect from light, heat, or view

Classified under:

Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging

Context example:

Shade your eyes when you step out into the bright sunlight

Hypernyms (to "shade" is one way to...):

block out; screen (prevent from entering)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something

Derivation:

shade (protective covering that protects something from direct sunlight)

Sense 4

Meaning:

Vary slightly

Classified under:

Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.

Context example:

shade the meaning

Hypernyms (to "shade" is one way to...):

alter; change; modify (cause to change; make different; cause a transformation)

Verb group:

shade (pass from one quality such as color to another by a slight degree)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something

Sense 5

Meaning:

Pass from one quality such as color to another by a slight degree

Classified under:

Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.

Context example:

the butterfly wings shade to yellow

Hypernyms (to "shade" is one way to...):

change (undergo a change; become different in essence; losing one's or its original nature)

Verb group:

shade (vary slightly)

Sentence frame:

Something is ----ing PP

 Context examples 

The glance was a trifle too long, a shade too considerative.

(Martin Eden, by Jack London)

She was very stout, with a face that was of so dark a red that it shaded away into purple over the nose and cheeks.

(Rodney Stone, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

I love the shade and the shadow, and would be alone with my thoughts when I may.

(Dracula, by Bram Stoker)

In its shade we continued our discussion, while Lord John, who had quickly taken command in the hour of action, gave us his views.

(The Lost World, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

Brief Pain Inventory (BPI) On the diagram, shade in the areas where you feel pain.

(BPI - Areas of Pain, NCI Thesaurus)

“Implacable resentment is a shade in a character. But you have chosen your fault well. I really cannot laugh at it. You are safe from me.”

(Pride and Prejudice, by Jane Austen)

But as often as he gained the soft unbroken earth and the green shade, the love for John Thornton drew him back to the fire again.

(The Call of the Wild, by Jack London)

Beneath its shade there sat a stout and elderly lady in a pink cote-hardie, leaning back among a pile of cushions, and plucking out her eyebrows with a small pair of silver tweezers.

(The White Company, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

“And the lady, I fancy, is Miss Stoner,” observed Holmes, shading his eyes.

(The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

I hastened before Bessie; I softly opened the door: a shaded light stood on the table, for it was now getting dark.

(Jane Eyre, by Charlotte Brontë)