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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Umbriferous :: Umbriferous (a.) Casting or making a shade; umbrageous.
Shade :: Shade (v. t.) To shelter or screen by intercepting the rays of light; to keep off illumination from.
Nightly :: Nightly (a.) Of or pertaining to the night, or to every night; happening or done by night, or every night; as, nightly shades; he kept nightly vigils..
Amethyst :: Amethyst () A variety of crystallized quartz, of a purple or bluish violet color, of different shades. It is much used as a jeweler's stone..
Gloom :: Gloom (n.) Partial or total darkness; thick shade; obscurity; as, the gloom of a forest, or of midnight..
Hyoscyamine :: Hyoscyamine (n.) An alkaloid found in henbane (Hyoscyamus niger), and regarded as its active principle. It is also found with other alkaloids in the thorn apple and deadly nightshade. It is extracted as a white crystalline substance, with a sharp, offensive taste. Hyoscyamine is isomeric with atropine, is very poisonous, and is used as a medicine for neuralgia, like belladonna. Called also hyoscyamia, duboisine, etc..
Greenwood :: Greenwood (a.) Pertaining to a greenwood; as, a greenwood shade..
Shadow :: Shadow (n.) A small degree; a shade.
Tussock :: Tussock (n.) A caterpillar of any one of numerous species of bombycid moths. The body of these caterpillars is covered with hairs which form long tufts or brushes. Some species are very injurious to shade and fruit trees. Called also tussock caterpillar. See Orgyia.
Shaded :: Shaded (imp. & p. p.) of Shad.
Bittersweet :: Bittersweet (n.) A climbing shrub, with oval coral-red berries (Solanum dulcamara); woody nightshade. The whole plant is poisonous, and has a taste at first sweetish and then bitter. The branches are the officinal dulcamara..
Umbrageous :: Umbrageous (a.) Forming or affording a shade; shady; shaded; as, umbrageous trees or foliage..
Vallancy :: Vallancy (n.) A large wig that shades the face.
Ugly :: Ugly (n.) A shade for the face, projecting from the bonnet..
Accord :: Accord (v. t.) Agreement, harmony, or just correspondence of things; as, the accord of light and shade in painting..
Inumbrate :: Inumbrate (v. t.) To shade; to darken.
Bon Silene :: Bon Silene () A very fragrant tea rose with petals of various shades of pink.
Mezzotint :: Mezzotint (n.) A manner of engraving on copper or steel by drawing upon a surface previously roughened, and then removing the roughness in places by scraping, burnishing, etc., so as to produce the requisite light and shade. Also, an engraving so produced..
Shadowing :: Shadowing (n.) Shade, or gradation of light and color; shading..
Cast :: Cast (n.) A tendency to any color; a tinge; a shade.
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