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Shade (shād), n. [OE. shade, shadewe, schadewe, AS. sceadu, scead; akin to OS. skado, D. schaduw, OHG. scato, (gen. scatewes), G. schatten, Goth. skadus, Ir. & Gael. sgath, and probably to Gr. σκότος darkness. √162. Cf. Shadow, Shed a hat.]
1. 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.
[1913 Webster] ☞ Shade differs from shadow as it implies no particular form or definite limit; whereas a shadow represents in form the object which intercepts the light. When we speak of the shade of a tree, we have no reference to its form; but when we speak of measuring a pyramid or other object by its shadow, we have reference to its form and extent.
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2. Darkness; obscurity; -- often in the plural.
[1913 Webster] The shades of night were falling fast. Longfellow.
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3. An obscure place; a spot not exposed to light; hence, a secluded retreat.
[1913 Webster] Let us seek out some desolate shade, and there
Weep our sad bosoms empty. Shak.
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4. 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”.
[1913 Webster] The Lord is thy shade upon thy right hand. Ps. cxxi. 5.
[1913 Webster] Sleep under a fresh tree's shade. Shak.
[1913 Webster] Let the arched knife well sharpened now assail the spreading shades of vegetables. J. Philips.
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5. Shadow. [Poetic.]
[1913 Webster] Envy will merit, as its shade, pursue. Pope.
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6. 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”.
[1913 Webster] Swift as thought the flitting shade
Thro' air his momentary journey made. Dryden.
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7. (Painting, Drawing, etc.) The darker portion of a picture; a less illuminated part. See Def. 1, above.
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8. Degree or variation of color, as darker or lighter, stronger or paler; as, “a delicate shade of pink”.
[1913 Webster] White, red, yellow, blue, with their several degrees, or shades and mixtures, as green only in by the eyes. Locke.
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9. 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”.
[1913 Webster] New shades and combinations of thought. De Quincey.
[1913 Webster] Every shade of religious and political opinion has its own headquarters. Macaulay.
[1913 Webster] The Shades, the Nether World; the supposed abode of souls after leaving the body.
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Shade (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Shaded; p. pr. & vb. n. Shading.]
1. To shelter or screen by intercepting the rays of light; to keep off illumination from. Milton.
[1913 Webster] I went to crop the sylvan scenes,
And shade our altars with their leafy greens. Dryden.
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2. To shelter; to cover from injury; to protect; to screen; to hide; as, “to shade one's eyes”.
[1913 Webster] Ere in our own house I do shade my head. Shak.
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3. To obscure; to dim the brightness of.
[1913 Webster] Thou shad'st
The full blaze of thy beams. Milton.
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4. To pain in obscure colors; to darken.
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5. To mark with gradations of light or color.
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6. To present a shadow or image of; to shadow forth; to represent. [Obs.]
[1913 Webster] [The goddess] in her person cunningly did shade
That part of Justice which is Equity. Spenser.
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Shade (shād), v. i. [See Shade, n.] To undergo or exhibit minute difference or variation, as of color, meaning, expression, etc.; to pass by slight changes; -- used chiefly with a preposition, as into, away, off. This small group will be most conveniently treated with the emotional division, into which it shades. Edmund Gurney.
[Webster 1913 Suppl.]