Definition of shade

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Shade (n.) 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.

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Orgyia :: Orgyia (n.) A genus of bombycid moths whose caterpillars (esp. those of Orgyia leucostigma) are often very injurious to fruit trees and shade trees. The female is wingless. Called also vaporer moth.
Cankerworm :: Cankerworm (n.) The larva of two species of geometrid moths which are very injurious to fruit and shade trees by eating, and often entirely destroying, the foliage. Other similar larvae are also called cankerworms..
Shade :: Shade (n.) The darker portion of a picture; a less illuminated part. See Def. 1, above..
Death's-herb :: Death's-herb (n.) The deadly nightshade (Atropa belladonna).
Shadow :: Shadow (n.) Darkness; shade; obscurity.
Violet-tip :: Violet-tip (n.) A very handsome American butterfly (Polygonia interrogationis). Its wings are mottled with various shades of red and brown and have violet tips.
Arbor :: Arbor (n.) A kind of latticework formed of, or covered with, vines, branches of trees, or other plants, for shade; a bower..
Graduate :: Graduate (v. i.) To pass by degrees; to change gradually; to shade off; as, sandstone which graduates into gneiss; carnelian sometimes graduates into quartz..
Shadow :: Shadow (n.) A small degree; a shade.
Umber :: Umber (v. t.) To color with umber; to shade or darken; as, to umber over one's face..
Solanine :: Solanine (n.) A poisonous alkaloid glucoside extracted from the berries of common nightshade (Solanum nigrum), and of bittersweet, and from potato sprouts, as a white crystalline substance having an acrid, burning taste; -- called also solonia, and solanina..
Sprite :: Sprite (n.) A spirit; a soul; a shade; also, an apparition. See Spright..
Reflex :: Reflex (n.) Reflection; the light reflected from an illuminated surface to one in shade.
Shed :: Shed (n.) A slight or temporary structure built to shade or shelter something; a structure usually open in front; an outbuilding; a hut; as, a wagon shed; a wood shed..
Three-leaved :: Three-leaved (a.) Producing three leaves; as, three-leaved nightshade..
Demitint :: Demitint (n.) The shade itself; neither the darkest nor the lightest in a composition. Also called half tint.
Sunshine :: Sunshade (n.) An awning.
Trillium :: Trillium (n.) A genus of liliaceous plants; the three-leaved nightshade; -- so called because all the parts of the plant are in threes.
Ugly :: Ugly (n.) A shade for the face, projecting from the bonnet..
Pers :: Pers (a.) Light blue; grayish blue; -- a term applied to different shades at different periods.
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