shade

Pronunciation

• IPA ^(key): /ʃeɪd/

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Noun

Singular shade

Plural shades

Different shades of green.

1. A shade is a shadow of a tree or another big thing that blocks some of the light and heat of the Sun.

   She rested in the shade of the tree because she felt hot.

2. (countable) A shade is the slight difference between colors.

Verb

Plain form shade

Third-person singular shades

Past tense shaded

Past participle shaded

Present participle shading

1. (transitive) If something is shaded, it is shielded from light.

   The old tree shaded the animals from the sun.

2. (intransitive) If something is shading, it is approaching something slightly.

   The grassland was green, shading towards brown in the drier areas.

3. (transitive) If you shade something in a drawing, you darken it.

   Mary started shading in the outlines of the house in her drawing.