Blockage of direct sunlight. Canopies, umbrellas and other temporary structures or devices may be used to provide shade. One indicator that blockage is sufficient is when objects do not cast a shadow in the area of blocked sunlight. Shade is not adequate when heat in the area of shade defeats the purpose of shade, which is to allow the body to cool. For example, a car sitting in the sun does not provide acceptable shade to a person inside it, unless the car is running with air conditioning.
Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary
shade (noun)1.
a) comparative darkness or obscurity owing to interception of the rays of light
b) relative obscurity or retirement
2.
a) shelter (as by foliage) from the heat and glare of sunlight
b) a place sheltered from the sun
3.
an evanescent or unreal appearance
4.
a) the that gather as darkness comes on - shadows
b) - netherworld hades
5.
a) a disembodied spirit - ghost
b) - used to signal the similarity between a previously encountered person or situation and one at hand usually used in plural shades of my childhood
6.
something that intercepts or shelters from light, sun, or heat as
a) a device partially covering a lamp so as to reduce glare
b) a flexible screen usually mounted on a roller for regulating the light or the view through a window
c) - sunglasses
7.
a) the reproduction of the effect of shade in painting or drawing
b) a subdued or somber feature
8.
a) a color produced by a pigment or dye mixture having some black in it
b) a color slightly different from the one under consideration
9.
a) a minute difference or variation - nuance
b) a minute degree or quantity
10.
a facial expression of sadness or displeasure
transitive verb
1.
a) to shelter or screen by intercepting radiated light or heat
b) to cover with a shade
2.
to hide partly by or as if by a - shadow
3.
to darken with or as if with a shadow
4.
to better or exceed by a shade
5.
a) to represent the effect of shade or shadow on
b) to add to - shading
c) to color so that the pass gradually from one to another - shades
6.
to change by gradual transition or qualification
7.
to reduce slightly (as a price)
8.
intransitive verb
- slant bias
1.
to pass by slight changes or imperceptible degrees
2.
to undergo or exhibit minute difference or variation
Merriam-Webster Online Thesaurus
shade (noun)1.
partial darkness due to the obstruction of light rays
SYNONYMS:
dusk, penumbra, shadiness, shadow, umbraRELATED WORDS:
blackness, dimness, duskiness, gloom, gloominess, murkiness, obscurity, semidarkness, somberness; cloudinessNEAR ANTONYMS:
brightness, brilliance, effulgence, illumination, incandescence, light, lightness, lucidity, lucidness, luminance, luminosity, luminousness, radiance, radiancy2.
a time or place of little or no light
SYNONYMS:
black, blackness, candlelight, darkness, dusk, gloaming, gloom, murk, night, semidarkness, shade, shadows, twilight, umbraRELATED WORDS:
midnight; blackout, brownout, dimout; shadiness, umbrage; dullness ( dulness), somberness; cloudiness, fogginess, haziness, mistiness, murkiness; dimness, faintness, gloominess, grayness, paleness; half-lightNEAR ANTONYMS:
moonlight, starlight, sunlight; effulgence, radiance, radiancy, shine, sunshine; incandescence, luminance, luminescence, luminosity, luminousness3.
a property that becomes apparent when light falls on an object and by which things that are identical in form can be distinguished
SYNONYMS:
cast, hue, shade, tincture, tinge, tint, toneRELATED WORDS:
overtone, undertone; primary color, secondary color, tertiary color; brightness, chroma, chromaticity, contrast, lightness, saturation, value; coloration, coloring, colorway, pigmentationNEAR ANTONYMS:
achromatism4.
a very small amount
SYNONYMS:
ace, bit, crumb, dab, dram, driblet, glimmer, hint, lick, little, mite, nip, ounce, peanuts, ray, scintilla, scruple, shade, shadow, shred, skosh, smack, smell, smidgen ( smidgeon smidgin smidge), snap, soupçon, spark, spatter, speck, splash, spot, sprinkling, strain, streak, suspicion, tad, touch, traceRELATED WORDS:
hoot, iota, jot, minim, minimum, modicum, semblance, syllable, tittle, vestige, whit; atom, dot, fleck, flyspeck, grain, granule, molecule, morsel, mote, nubbin, patch, scrap; dash, drop, pinch; part, portion, section; bite, nibble, taste; handful, scattering, smatter, smattering; dose, shot; chip, flake, fragment, shard, shiver, sliver, smithereens, splinter; shred, tatter; clipping, paring, shavingNEAR ANTONYMS:
abundance, barrel, boatload, bucket, bundle, bushel, deal, fistful, gobs, heaps, lashings ( lashins) [], loads, lot, mass, mess, mountain, much, oodles, passel, peck, pile, plenty, potful, profusion, quantity, raft, reams, scads, stack, wad, wealth; volume; bonanza, embarrassment, excess, overabundance, overage, overflow, overkill, overmuch, oversupply, superabundance, superfluity, surfeit, surplus; chunk, hunk, lump, slab5.
the soul of a dead person thought of especially as appearing to living people
SYNONYMS:
apparition, bogey ( bogie bogy), familiar spirit, hant, haunt, materialization, phantasm ( fantasm), phantom, poltergeist, shade, shadow, specter ( spectre), spirit, spook, sprite, vision, visitant, wraithRELATED WORDS:
angel, daimon, familiar, genie, genius, jinni ( jinn djinni djinn), shaitan; double, doppelgänger ( doppelganger), fetch; lemures, manes; incubus, lamia, succubus, vampire, zombie ( zombi); cacodemon, demon ( daemon), devil, fiend, ghoul, impto shelter (something) from light and heat
SYNONYMS:
shadowRELATED WORDS:
cloud, darken, dim, dull, overcast, overshadow; canopy, cover, protect, screenNEAR ANTONYMS:
illuminate, light, lighten; exposeShade (Wikipedia)
Shade, Shades or Shading may refer to:
- Shade (color), a mixture of a color with black (often generalized as any variety of a color)
- Shade (shadow), the blocking of sunlight
- Shades or sunglasses
- Shading, a process used in art and graphic design
- Shade (mythology), the spirit or ghost of a dead person
- "Throw shade", slang term for an insulting remark
Shade (Wiktionary)
English
Pronunciation
- enPR: shād, IPA(key): /ʃeɪd/
- Rhymes: -eɪd
Etymology 1
Inherited from Middle English schade, from Old English sċeadu, from Proto-West Germanic *skadu, from Proto-Germanic *skaduz, from Proto-Indo-European *(s)ḱh₃tús, from *(s)ḱeh₃-.
Noun
shade (countable and uncountable, plural shades)
- (uncountable) Darkness where light, particularly sunlight, is blocked.
Hide, protect, shield, conceal, veil, guard, defend, safeguard, cloak, mask, obscure, shroud, enclose, envelop, wrap, shade, shadow, screen, canopy, awning, roof, umbrella, pavilion, tent, refuge, sanctuary, haven, asylum, retreat, harbor, port, anchorage, alcove, niche, nook, recess, alcove, niche, nook, recess