·noun Shadow.
II. Shade ·noun Darkness; obscurity;
— often in the plural.
III. Shade ·vt To mark with gradations of light or color.
IV. Shade ·vt To Obscure; to dim the brightness of.
V. Shade ·vt To pain in obscure colors; to Darken.
VI. Shade ·noun An obscure place; a spot not exposed to light; hence, a secluded retreat.
VII. Shade ·noun The darker portion of a picture; a less illuminated part. ·see Def. 1, above.
VIII. Shade ·vt To present a shadow or image of; to shadow forth; to Represent.
IX. Shade ·vt To shelter or screen by intercepting the rays of light; to keep off illumination from.
X. Shade ·noun Degree or variation of color, as darker or lighter, stronger or paler; as, a delicate shade of pink.
XI. Shade ·vt To Shelter; to cover from injury; to Protect; to Screen; to Hide; as, to shade one's eyes.
XII. Shade ·add. ·noun 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.
XIII. Shade ·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.
XIV. Shade ·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.
XV. Shade ·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.
XVI. Shade ·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.