shade
/ʃeɪd/
Darkness where light, particularly sunlight, is blocked; Something that blocks light, particularly in a window; A variety of a color, in particular one obtained by adding black; A cover around or above a light bulb, a lampshade
- plural
- shades
Meanings
- 1
Darkness where light, particularly sunlight, is blocked
This plant likes the shade.
Tatoeba · sundown · CC BY 2.0 FR
Let's step into the shade.
Tatoeba · ddnktr · CC BY 2.0 FR
- 2
Something that blocks light, particularly in a window
- 3
A variety of a color, in particular one obtained by adding black (compare tint)
- 4
A cover around or above a light bulb, a lampshade
- 5
A subtle variation in a conceptrare
- 6
An aspect that is reminiscent of somethingrare
- 7
A very small degree of a quantity, or variety of meaningrare
- 8
A ghost or specter; a spiritrare
- 9
A postage stamp showing an obvious difference in colour/color to the original printing and needing a separate catalogue/catalog entryrare
- 10
Subtle insultsrare