Definitions For Shade

noun

• A protective ornamental covering for a lamp, used to screen a light bulb from direct view
• Protective covering that protects something from direct sunlight
• A representation of the effect of shadows in a picture or drawing (as by shading or darker pigment)
• A quality of a given color that differs slightly from another color
• A mental representation of some haunting experience
• A subtle difference in meaning or opinion or attitude
• A slight amount or degree of difference
• A position of relative inferiority
• Relative darkness caused by light rays being intercepted by an opaque body
• An area of slight darkness that is produced when something blocks the light of the sun
• Something that is used to block strong light
• A darkened area in a drawing, painting, etc.

verb

• Pass from one quality such as color to another by a slight degree
• Vary slightly
• Protect from light, heat, or view
• Represent the effect of shade or shadow on
• Cast a shadow over
• To shelter (something) from strong light and especially from sunlight
• To make an area in a drawing, on a graph, etc., darker than other areas
• To change (something, such as the truth) slightly in order to deceive people