Definition of shade

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Shade (n.) That which intercepts, or shelters from, light or the direct rays of the sun; hence, also, that which protects from heat or currents of air; a screen; protection; shelter; cover; as, a lamp shade..

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Positive :: Positive (a.) Corresponding with the original in respect to the position of lights and shades, instead of having the lights and shades reversed; as, a positive picture..
Greenwood :: Greenwood (a.) Pertaining to a greenwood; as, a greenwood shade..
Tomato :: Tomato (n.) The fruit of a plant of the Nightshade family (Lycopersicum esculentun); also, the plant itself. The fruit, which is called also love apple, is usually of a rounded, flattened form, but often irregular in shape. It is of a bright red or yellow color, and is eaten either cooked or uncooked..
Studies :: Studious (a.) Favorable to study; suitable for thought and contemplation; as, the studious shade..
Dappled :: Dappled (a.) Marked with spots of different shades of color; spotted; variegated; as, a dapple horse..
Pers :: Pers (a.) Light blue; grayish blue; -- a term applied to different shades at different periods.
Hard :: Hard (superl.) Having disagreeable and abrupt contrasts in the coloring or light and shade.
Shader :: Shader (n.) One who, or that which, shades..
Color :: Color (n.) Shade or variety of character; kind; species.
Obscure :: Obscure (superl.) Covered over, shaded, or darkened; destitute of light; imperfectly illuminated; dusky; dim..
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..
Overshade :: Overshade (v. t.) To cover with shade; to render dark or gloomy; to overshadow.
Light :: Light (n.) The manner in which the light strikes upon a picture; that part of a picture which represents those objects upon which the light is supposed to fall; the more illuminated part of a landscape or other scene; -- opposed to shade. Cf. Chiaroscuro.
Obumbrate :: Obumbrate (v. t.) To shade; to darken; to cloud.
Sunshade :: Sunshade (n.) Anything used as a protection from the sun's rays.
Stellionate :: Stellion (n.) A lizard (Stellio vulgaris), common about the Eastern Mediterranean among ruins. In color it is olive-green, shaded with black, with small stellate spots. Called also hardim, and star lizard..
Tone :: Tone (n.) The general effect of a picture produced by the combination of light and shade, together with color in the case of a painting; -- commonly used in a favorable sense; as, this picture has tone..
Moulding :: Moulding (n.) A plane, or curved, narrow surface, either sunk or projecting, used for decoration by means of the lights and shades upon its surface. Moldings vary greatly in pattern, and are generally used in groups, the different members of each group projecting or retreating, one beyond another. See Cable, n., 3, and Crenelated molding, under Crenelate, v. t..
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..
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