Definition of shade

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Shade (n.) The darker portion of a picture; a less illuminated part. See Def. 1, above..

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Greenwood :: Greenwood (a.) Pertaining to a greenwood; as, a greenwood shade..
Hard :: Hard (superl.) Having disagreeable and abrupt contrasts in the coloring or light and shade.
Shade :: Shade (v. t.) To mark with gradations of light or color.
Tropaeolin :: Tropaeolin (n.) A name given to any one of a series of orange-red dyestuffs produced artificially from certain complex sulphonic acid derivatives of azo and diazo hydrocarbons of the aromatic series; -- so called because of the general resemblance to the shades of nasturtium (Tropaeolum).
Dark :: Dark (a.) Destitute, or partially destitute, of light; not receiving, reflecting, or radiating light; wholly or partially black, or of some deep shade of color; not light-colored; as, a dark room; a dark day; dark cloth; dark paint; a dark complexion..
Atropine :: Atropine (n.) A poisonous, white, crystallizable alkaloid, extracted from the Atropa belladonna, or deadly nightshade, and the Datura Stramonium, or thorn apple. It is remarkable for its power in dilating the pupil of the eye. Called also daturine..
Ugly :: Ugly (n.) A shade for the face, projecting from the bonnet..
Henbane :: Henbane (n.) A plant of the genus Hyoscyamus (H. niger). All parts of the plant are poisonous, and the leaves are used for the same purposes as belladonna. It is poisonous to domestic fowls; whence the name. Called also, stinking nightshade, from the fetid odor of the plant. See Hyoscyamus..
Tone :: Tone (v. t.) To bring, as a print, to a certain required shade of color, as by chemical treatment..
Light :: Light (superl) White or whitish; not intense or very marked; not of a deep shade; moderately colored; as, a light color; a light brown; a light complexion..
Death's-herb :: Death's-herb (n.) The deadly nightshade (Atropa belladonna).
Hue :: Hue (n.) A predominant shade in a composition of primary colors; a primary color modified by combination with others.
Shadow :: Shadow (n.) To mark with gradations of light or color; to shade.
Drawing :: Drawing (n.) The act or the art of representing any object by means of lines and shades; especially, such a representation when in one color, or in tints used not to represent the colors of natural objects, but for effect only, and produced with hard material such as pencil, chalk, etc.; delineation; also, the figure or representation drawn..
Crossnath :: Crossnath (v. t.) To shade by means of crosshatching.
Umbriferous :: Umbriferous (a.) Casting or making a shade; umbrageous.
Fretwork :: Fretwork (n.) Work adorned with frets; ornamental openwork or work in relief, esp. when elaborate and minute in its parts. Hence, any minute play of light and shade, dark and light, or the like..
Banewort :: Banewort (n.) Deadly nightshade.
Shade :: Shade (v. t.) To present a shadow or image of; to shadow forth; to represent.
Solanaceous :: Solanaceous (a.) Of or pertaining to plants of the natural order Solanaceae, of which the nightshade (Solanum) is the type. The order includes also the tobacco, ground cherry, tomato, eggplant, red pepper, and many more..
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