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Relative darkness caused by light rays being intercepted by an opaque body It is much cooler in the shade There's too much shadiness to take good photographs |
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A quality of a given color that differs slightly from another color After several trials he mixed the shade of pink that she wanted |
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Protective covering that protects something from direct sunlight They used umbrellas as shades As the sun moved he readjusted the shade |
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A subtle difference in meaning or opinion or attitude Without understanding the finer nuances you can't enjoy the humor Don't argue about shades of meaning |
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A position of relative inferiority An achievement that puts everything else in the shade His brother's success left him in the shade |
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A slight amount or degree of difference A tad too expensive Not a tad of difference The new model is a shade better than the old one |
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A mental representation of some haunting experience He looked like he had seen a ghost It aroused specters from his past |
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A representation of the effect of shadows in a picture or drawing (as by shading or darker pigment) |
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Cast a shadow over |
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Represent the effect of shade or shadow on |
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Protect from light, heat, or view Shade your eyes when you step out into the bright sunlight |
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Vary slightly Shade the meaning |
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Pass from one quality such as color to another by a slight degree The butterfly wings shade to yellow |
noun | shadiness, shadowiness, semidarkness |
noun | tint, tincture, tone, color, colour, coloring, colouring |
noun | protective covering, protective cover, protection |
noun | nuance, nicety, subtlety, refinement, meaning, significance, signification, import |
noun | inferiority, lower status, lower rank
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noun | tad, small indefinite quantity, small indefinite amount
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noun | ghost, spook, wraith, specter, spectre, apparition, phantom, phantasm, phantasma, shadow |
noun | representation |
verb | shadow, shade off, obscure, bedim, overcloud |
verb | fill in, draw, paint |
verb | screen, block out
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