shade
/ʃeɪd/ noun A2- Darkness where light, particularly sunlight, is blocked. · The old oak tree gave shade in the heat of the day.· Temps rose to a sweltering 40 degrees Celsius in the shade.
- Something that blocks light, particularly in a window. · Close the shade, please: it's too bright in here.
- A variety of a color, in particular one obtained by adding black (compare tint). · I've painted my room in five lovely shades of pink and chartreuse.
- A subtle variation in a concept. · shades of meaning
- An aspect that is reminiscent of something. · shades of Groucho Marx
- A very small degree of a quantity, or variety of meaning · That is a shade too close.
- A ghost or specter; a spirit. · Too long have I been haunted by that shade.· The adventurer was attacked by a shade.
- A postage stamp showing an obvious difference in colour/color to the original printing and needing a separate catalogue/catalog entry.
Plural shades
Phrasal verbs and expressions
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The road was smooth and well paved, now, and the country about was beautiful, so that the travelers rejoiced in leaving the forest far behind, and with it the many dangers they had met in its gloomy shades.
In the afternoon the sun shone hot in their faces, for there were no trees to offer them shade; so that before night Dorothy and Toto and the Lion were tired, and lay down upon the grass and fell asleep, with the Woodman and the Scarecrow keeping watch.
As they rested under its shade, one of the Travelers said to the other, “What a singularly useless tree is the Plane!
Do you, while receiving benefits from me and resting under my shade, dare to describe me as useless, and unprofitable?”
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