shade
shade is a 5-letter English word with 28 senses as noun, transitive verb, and verb in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: Comparative obscurity owing to interception or interruption of the rays of light; partial darkness caused by the intervention of something between the space contemplated and the source of light. Face value is 9 in Scrabble and 8 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.
Definitions
- noun. Comparative obscurity owing to interception or interruption of the rays of light; partial darkness caused by the intervention of something between the space contemplated and the source of light.
- noun. Darkness; obscurity; -- often in the plural.
- noun. An obscure place; a spot not exposed to light; hence, a secluded retreat.
- noun. That which intercepts, or shelters from, light or the direct rays of the sun; hence, also, that which protects from heat or currents of air; a screen; protection; shelter; cover; as, a lamp shade.
- noun. Shadow.
- noun. The soul after its separation from the body; -- so called because the ancients it to be perceptible to the sight, though not to the touch; a spirit; a ghost; as, the shades of departed heroes.
- noun. The darker portion of a picture; a less illuminated part. See Def. 1, above.
- noun. Degree or variation of color, as darker or lighter, stronger or paler; as, a delicate shade of pink.
- noun. A minute difference or variation, as of thought, belief, expression, etc.; also, the quality or degree of anything which is distinguished from others similar by slight differences; as, the shades of meaning in synonyms.
- transitive verb. To shelter or screen by intercepting the rays of light; to keep off illumination from.
- transitive verb. To shelter; to cover from injury; to protect; to screen; to hide; as, to shade one's eyes.
- transitive verb. To obscure; to dim the brightness of.
- transitive verb. To pain in obscure colors; to darken.
- transitive verb. To mark with gradations of light or color.
- transitive verb. To present a shadow or image of; to shadow forth; to represent.
- noun. protective covering that protects something from direct sunlight
"they used umbrellas as shades"
"as the sun moved he readjusted the shade"
- noun. a representation of the effect of shadows in a picture or drawing (as by shading or darker pigment)
- noun. a quality of a given color that differs slightly from another color
"after several trials he mixed the shade of pink that she wanted"
- noun. a mental representation of some haunting experience
"he looked like he had seen a ghost"
"it aroused specters from his past"
- noun. 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"
- noun. a slight amount or degree of difference
"a tad too expensive"
"not a tad of difference"
- noun. a position of relative inferiority
"an achievement that puts everything else in the shade"
"his brother's success left him in the shade"
- noun. 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"
- verb. pass from one quality such as color to another by a slight degree
"the butterfly wings shade to yellow"
- verb. vary slightly
"shade the meaning"
- verb. protect from light, heat, or view
"Shade your eyes when you step out into the bright sunlight"
- verb. represent the effect of shade or shadow on
- verb. cast a shadow over
Synonyms
tincture, tint, tone, ghost, specter, spectre, spook, wraith, nicety, nuance, refinement, subtlety, tad, shadiness, shadowiness, shadow
Anagrams
Other playable words that use exactly the letters in shade:
ashed, deash, hades, heads, sadhe
Common word forms
shaded, shader, shades, shading, shadeful, shadeless
Words from these letters
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