| Main Entry: | shade |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | dimness |
Synonyms: |
adumbration, blackness, coolness, cover, darkness, dusk, gloominess, obscuration, obscurity, penumbra, screen, semidarkness, shadiness, shadow, shadows, umbra, umbrage |
| Notes: | color refers to the wavelength composition of light, shade is a gradation of color referring to its degree of darkness, tint is a gradation referring to its degree of lightness, and hue indicates a modification of a basic color hue is the quality of a color that makes it possible to call it bluish green, etc. (the color of a color); shade is a color variation having to do with the value of a hue (lightness or darkness), and tint is a pale variation of a color |
Antonyms: |
brightness, light |
| Main Entry: | shade |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | blind, shield |
Synonyms: |
awning, canopy, cover, covering, curtain, screen, veil |
| Main Entry: | shade |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | color, hue |
Synonyms: |
brilliance, cast, saturation, stain, tinge, tint, tone |
| Main Entry: | shade |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | slight difference |
Synonyms: |
amount, cast, dash, degree, distinction, gradation, hint, nuance, proposal, semblance, soupçon, spice, streak, suggestion, suspicion, tincture, tinge, trace, variation, variety |
Antonyms: |
gap |
| Main Entry: | shade |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | ghost |
Synonyms: |
apparition, bogey, haunt, manes, phantasm, phantom, revenant, shadow, specter, spirit, umbra, wraith |
| Main Entry: | shade |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | shut out the light |
Synonyms: |
adumbrate, be overcast, blacken, cast a shadow, cloud, cloud over, cloud up, conceal, cover, darken, deepen, dim, eclipse, gray, hide, inumbrate, mute, obscure, overshadow, protect, screen, shadow, shelter, shield, shutter, tone down, umbrage, veil |
Antonyms: |
open |
| Concept: | Shade. |
| Category: | 2. Sensation; special sensation; light; light in general |
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-nouns
shade; awning (cover); parasol, sunshade, umbrella; chick; portiere; screen, curtain, shutter, blind, gauze, veil, mantle, mask; cloud, mist, gathering. of clouds., umbrage, glade; shadow.
-verbs
draw a curtain; put up a shutter, close a shutter; veil; cast a shadow (darken).
-adjectives
shady, umbrageous.
-phrases
"welcome ye shades! ye bowery thickets hail" [Thomson]
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Antonyms: |
luminary |
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| Main Entry: | awning |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | canopy |
Synonyms: |
covering, door cover, marquee, protection, shade, shelter, sunshade, tent |
| Main Entry: | blacken |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | darken |
Synonyms: |
befoul, begrime, blot, cloud, deepen, ebonize, grow dark, grow dim, ink, make dark, shade, smudge, soil |
Antonyms: |
bleach, lighten, whiten |
| Main Entry: | black out |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | lose consciousness |
Synonyms: |
batten, conceal, cover up, cross out, cut off, darken, delete; cover, eclipse, eradicate, erase, extinguish, faint, go out like a light, hold back, keel over, make dark, obfuscate, pass out, quash, rub out, shade, smother, squash, squelch, stifle, suppress, swoon, zonk out |
Antonyms: |
add, pencil in, uncover |