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SHADE

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

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

Synonyms:

lamp shade; lampshade; shade

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

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)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Protective covering that protects something from direct sunlight

Example:

as the sun moved he readjusted the shade

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

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 3

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 4

Meaning:

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

Synonyms:

shade; tincture; tint; tone

Classified under:

Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects

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 5

Meaning:

A mental representation of some haunting experience

Example:

it aroused specters from his past

Synonyms:

ghost; shade; specter; spectre; spook; wraith

Classified under:

Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents

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

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

Sense 6

Meaning:

A subtle difference in meaning or opinion or attitude

Example:

don't argue about shades of meaning

Synonyms:

nicety; nuance; refinement; shade; subtlety

Classified under:

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

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

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

Sense 7

Meaning:

A slight amount or degree of difference

Example:

the new model is a shade better than the old one

Synonyms:

shade; tad

Classified under:

Nouns denoting quantities and units of measure

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

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

Sense 8

Meaning:

A position of relative inferiority

Example:

his brother's success left him in the shade

Classified under:

Nouns denoting stable states of affairs

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

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

Sense 9

Meaning:

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

Example:

there's too much shadiness to take good photographs

Synonyms:

shade; shadiness; shadowiness

Classified under:

Nouns denoting stable states of affairs

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)

 II. (verb) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

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

Example:

the butterfly wings shade to yellow

Classified under:

Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.

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

Sense 2

Meaning:

Vary slightly

Example:

shade the meaning

Classified under:

Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.

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 3

Meaning:

Protect from light, heat, or view

Example:

Shade your eyes when you step out into the bright sunlight

Classified under:

Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging

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:

Represent the effect of shade or shadow on

Synonyms:

fill in; shade

Classified under:

Verbs of sewing, baking, painting, performing

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 5

Meaning:

Cast a shadow over

Synonyms:

shade; shade off; shadow

Classified under:

Verbs of raining, snowing, thawing, thundering

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)

Credits

 Context examples: 

I then signed to Mr. Peggotty to remain where he was, and emerged from their shade to speak to her.

(David Copperfield, by Charles Dickens)

He coloured very deeply, and giving a momentary glance at Elinor, replied, "Yes; it is my sister's hair. The setting always casts a different shade on it, you know."

(Sense and Sensibility, by Jane Austen)

It wasn’t black, sir, nor was it white, nor any colour that I know but a kind of queer shade like clay with a splash of milk in it.

(His Last Bow, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

Mr. Knightley had another reason for avoiding a table in the shade.

(Emma, by Jane Austen)

It has a cream or pale gray undercoat and an outer coat that comes in shades of gray with black tips and stands away from the body.

(Keeshond, NCI Thesaurus)

A color map composed of shades of gray, varying from black at the weakest intensity to white at the strongest.

(Grayscale Color Map, NCI Thesaurus)

If otherwise, then the only conclusion I could reach was that the sensitive skin recognized the difference of temperature between shade and sunshine.

(The Sea-Wolf, by Jack London)

I gradually saw plainly the clear stream that supplied me with drink and the trees that shaded me with their foliage.

(Frankenstein, by Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley)

The coat is dense, and comes in various shades of red and orange.

(Nova Scotia Duck-Tolling Retriever, NCI Thesaurus)

The coat comes in shades of brown, red or tan ranging from a dead-grass-straw color to a deep dark brown with red overtones.

(Chesapeake Bay Retriever, NCI Thesaurus)