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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Topaz :: Topaz (n.) A mineral occurring in rhombic prisms, generally yellowish and pellucid, also colorless, and of greenesh, bluish, or brownish shades. It sometimes occurs massive and opaque. It is a fluosilicate of alumina, and is used as a gem..
Shady :: Shady (superl.) Abounding in shade or shades; overspread with shade; causing shade.
Umbrage :: Umbrage (n.) Shade; shadow; obscurity; hence, that which affords a shade, as a screen of trees or foliage..
Shade :: Shade (n.) 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..
Shadow :: Shadow (n.) To mark with gradations of light or color; to shade.
Longicornia :: Longicornia (n. pl.) A division of beetles, including a large number of species, in which the antennae are very long. Most of them, while in the larval state, bore into the wood or beneath the bark of trees, and some species are very destructive to fruit and shade trees. See Apple borer, under Apple, and Locust beetle, under Locust..
Sfumato :: Sfumato (a.) Having vague outlines, and colors and shades so mingled as to give a misty appearance; -- said of a painting..
Potato :: Potato (n.) A plant (Solanum tuberosum) of the Nightshade family, and its esculent farinaceous tuber, of which there are numerous varieties used for food. It is native of South America, but a form of the species is found native as far north as New Mexico..
Accord :: Accord (v. t.) Agreement, harmony, or just correspondence of things; as, the accord of light and shade in painting..
Shade :: Shade (v. t.) To obscure; to dim the brightness of.
Felonwort :: Felonwort (n.) The bittersweet nightshade (Solanum Dulcamara). See Bittersweet.
Tinge :: Tinge (n.) A degree, usually a slight degree, of some color, taste, or something foreign, infused into another substance or mixture, or added to it; tincture; color; dye; hue; shade; taste..
Spright :: Spright (n.) A supernatural being; a spirit; a shade; an apparition; a ghost.
Twilight :: Twilight (a.) Imperfectly illuminated; shaded; obscure.
Hyoscyamus :: Hyoscyamus (n.) A genus of poisonous plants of the Nightshade family; henbane.
Magenta :: Magenta (n.) An aniline dye obtained as an amorphous substance having a green bronze surface color, which dissolves to a shade of red; also, the color; -- so called from Magenta, in Italy, in allusion to the battle fought there about the time the dye was discovered. Called also fuchsine, roseine, etc..
Benight :: Benight (v. t.) To involve in darkness; to shroud with the shades of night; to obscure.
Fresco :: Fresco (a.) A cool, refreshing state of the air; duskiness; coolness; shade..
Adumbrate :: Adumbrate (v. t.) To overshadow; to shade.
Gloom :: Gloom (n.) Partial or total darkness; thick shade; obscurity; as, the gloom of a forest, or of midnight..
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