English Explanatory Dictionary

shade

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. Darkness where light, particularly sunlight, is blocked.
  2. Something that blocks light, particularly in a window.
  3. A variety of a color, in particular one obtained by adding black (compare tint).
  4. A subtle variation in a concept.
  5. An aspect that is reminiscent of something.
  6. A very small degree of a quantity, or variety of meaning
  7. A ghost or specter; a spirit.
  8. A postage stamp showing an obvious difference in colour/color to the original printing and needing a separate catalogue/catalog entry.
  9. Subtle insults.
  10. A cover around or above a light bulb, a lampshade.
  11. A candle-shade.
verb
  1. To shield (someone or something) from light.
  2. To shield oneself from light.
  3. To alter slightly.
  4. To vary or approach something slightly, particularly in color.
  5. To move slightly from one's normal fielding position.
  6. To darken, particularly in drawing.
  7. To win by a narrow margin.
  8. To reduce (a window) so that only its title bar is visible.
  9. To throw shade, to subtly insult someone.
  10. To shelter; to cover from injury; to protect; to screen.
  11. To present a shadow or image of; to shadow forth; to represent.
name
  1. A surname.

Pronunciation

shād /ʃeɪd/ en-us-shade.ogg

Word forms

shade shades shading shaded

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *(s)ḱeh₃- Proto-Indo-European *(s)ḱh₃tús Proto-Germanic *skaduz Proto-West Germanic *skadu Old English sċeadu Middle English schade English shade 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-. Doublet of shadow. Cognate with Ancient Greek σκότος (skótos) (whence English scoto-) and σκιά (skiá) (whence English scia-, and uncertainly via σκίουρος (skíouros) English squirrel).

Antonyms

unshade

Related words

scia- scoto- shadow shed

Derived words

candle-shade cellular shade eyeshade hillshade lampshade lightshade made in the shade multishade nightshade pet lamp-shade put in the shade rainshade retroshade roller shade Roman shade semishade seven shades shade ball shadebob shade carrier shade cloth shadefest shadefly shadeful shade horsetail shadehouse shadeism shadeless shadelessly shadelike shaden shadeset shade tree mechanic shadiness shadism shady silver shade smoke-shade starshade sunshade table-shade turn a number of shades of red wall-shade beshade misshade overshade reshade shadable shadeable shader shade up shading unshade unshaded

Translations

Catalan: ombra Catalan: espectre Catalan: esperit Dutch: spook Dutch: geest Dutch: schaduw Dutch: schim Finnish: haamu French: esprit French: ombre Italian: spettro Italian: ombra Italian: fantasma Macedonian: сениште Portuguese: espectro Portuguese: sombra Bulgarian: засенчвам Catalan: ombrar Catalan: ombrejar Dutch: schaduwen Esperanto: ombri Finnish: varjostaa French: ombrager French: faire de l'ombre Friulian: ombrî Hebrew: הֵצֵל Italian: ombreggiare Italian: fare ombra Latin: umbrō Latin: opācō Macedonian: засенува Māori: kōpare Māori: whakamarumaru Middle English: schaden Middle English: schadwen Old English: sceadwian Portuguese: sombrear Romanian: adumbri Romanian: umbri Russian: затеня́ть Spanish: sombrear Spanish: ensombrecer Swedish: skugga
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