Definition of shade

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Shade (v. t.) To shelter or screen by intercepting the rays of light; to keep off illumination from.

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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..
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.
Chiaroscurist :: Chiaroscurist (n.) A painter who cares for and studies light and shade rather than color.
Positive :: Positive (n.) A picture in which the lights and shades correspond in position with those of the original, instead of being reversed, as in a negative..
Harsh :: Harsh (a.) Having violent contrasts of color, or of light and shade; lacking in harmony..
Sprite :: Sprite (n.) A spirit; a soul; a shade; also, an apparition. See Spright..
Shading :: Shading (n.) Act or process of making a shade.
Shade :: Shade (v. t.) To shelter or screen by intercepting the rays of light; to keep off illumination from.
Black :: Black (n.) A negro; a person whose skin is of a black color, or shaded with black; esp. a member or descendant of certain African races..
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..
Ambrotype :: Ambrotype (n.) A picture taken on a plate of prepared glass, in which the lights are represented in silver, and the shades are produced by a dark background visible through the unsilvered portions of the glass..
Mandrake :: Mandrake (n.) A low plant (Mandragora officinarum) of the Nightshade family, having a fleshy root, often forked, and supposed to resemble a man. It was therefore supposed to have animal life, and to cry out when pulled up. All parts of the plant are strongly narcotic. It is found in the Mediterranean region..
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..
Cast :: Cast (n.) A tendency to any color; a tinge; a shade.
Shadow :: Shadow (n.) A spirit; a ghost; a shade; a phantom.
Shader :: Shader (n.) One who, or that which, shades..
Twilight :: Twilight (a.) Imperfectly illuminated; shaded; obscure.
Intensity :: Intensity (n.) The degree or depth of shade in a picture.
Vallancy :: Vallancy (n.) A large wig that shades the face.
Gloom :: Gloom (n.) Partial or total darkness; thick shade; obscurity; as, the gloom of a forest, or of midnight..
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