the comparative darkness caused by the interception or screening of rays of light from an object, place, or area.

a place or an area of comparative darkness, as one sheltered from the sun.

window shade.

a lampshade.

shades,

darkness gathering at the close of day

Shades of night are falling.

Slang . sunglasses.

a reminder of something

shades of the Inquisition.

Usually, shades. a secluded or obscure place

He was living in the shades.

comparative obscurity.

a specter or ghost.

Greek and Roman Religion . one of the spirits of the dead inhabiting Hades.

a shadow.

the degree of darkness of a color, determined by the quantity of black or by the lack of illumination.

comparative darkness, as the effect of shadow or dark and light, in pictorial representation; the dark part, or a dark part, of a picture or drawing.

a slight variation or degree

a shade of difference.

a little bit; touch, esp. of something that may change the color of or lighten or darken something else

coffee with a shade of cream.

anything used for protection against excessive light, heat, etc.

(in architectural shades and shadows) a shadow upon those parts of a solid that are tangent to or turned away from the parallel rays from the theoretical light source. Compare shadow ( def. 11 ) .

the shades, Hades, as the abode of the spirits of the dead.

to produce shade in or on.

to obscure, dim, or darken.

to screen or hide from view.

to protect (something) from light, heat, etc., by or as by a screen

to shade the eyes from a bright light.

to cover or screen (a candle, light, etc.)

to shade a light to protect the eyes.

Fine Arts .

to introduce degrees of darkness into (a drawing or painting) in order to render light and shadow or give the effect of color.

to render the values of light and dark in (a drawn figure, object, etc.), esp. in order to create the illusion of three-dimensionality.

to change by imperceptible degrees into something else.

to reduce (the price) by way of a concession.

to pass or change by slight graduations, as one color, quality, or thing into another. ?

Agriculture . shade up, to take shelter (as livestock) from the sun. ?

cast or put someone in or into the shade

to make another person's efforts seem insignificant by comparison; surpass

Her playing puts mine in the shade.

noun

brightness , light , gap

verb

open

noun

adumbration , blackness , coolness , cover , darkness , dusk , gloominess , obscuration , obscurity , penumbra , screen , semidarkness , shadiness , shadow , shadows , umbra , umbragenotes:color refers to the wavelength composition of light , shade is a gradation of color referring to its degree of darkness , tint is a gradation referring to its degree of lightness , and hue indicates a modification of a basic colorhue is the quality of a color that makes it possible to call it bluish green , etc. (the color of a color); shade is a color variation having to do with the value of a hue (lightness or darkness) , and tint is a pale variation of a color , awning , canopy , covering , curtain , veilnotes:color refers to the wavelength composition of light , brilliance , cast , saturation , stain , tinge , tint , tonenotes:color refers to the wavelength composition of light , amount , dash , degree , distinction , gradation , hint , nuance , proposal , semblance , soupon , spice , streak , suggestion , suspicion , tincture , trace , variation , varietynotes:color refers to the wavelength composition of light , apparition , bogey , haunt , manes , phantasm , phantom , revenant , specter , spirit , wraithnotes:color refers to the wavelength composition of light , umbrage , hue , tone , breath , ghost , hair , intimation , taste , touch , whiff , whisper , bogeyman , bogle , eidolon , phantasma , visitant , wraith , aura , blind , gloom , minute difference , pl. darkness , protection , retreat , seclusion , skiagraphy , twilight zone , umbrella

verb

adumbrate , be overcast , blacken , cast a shadow , cloud , cloud over , cloud up , conceal , cover , darken , deepen , dim , eclipse , gray , hide , inumbrate , mute , obscure , overshadow , protect , screen , shadow , shelter , shield , shutter , tone down , umbrage , veilnotes:color refers to the wavelength composition of light , shade is a gradation of color referring to its degree of darkness , tint is a gradation referring to its degree of lightness , and hue indicates a modification of a basic colorhue is the quality of a color that makes it possible to call it bluish green , etc. (the color of a color); shade is a color variation having to do with the value of a hue (lightness or darkness) , and tint is a pale variation of a color , shave , trim , cast , color , coolness , dark , darkness , degree , difference , gradation , hint , hue , nuance , obfuscate , protection , streak , suggestion , tinge , tint , tone , trace , variation , vestige