English Online Dictionary. What means shade? What does shade mean?
English
Pronunciation
- enPR: shād, IPA(key): /ʃeɪd/
- Rhymes: -eɪd
Etymology 1
From Middle English schade, from Old English sċeadu, sċadu (“shadow; shade”), from Proto-West Germanic *skadu, from Proto-Germanic *skadwaz (“shadow; shade”). More at shadow.
Noun
shade (countable and uncountable, plural shades)
- (uncountable) Darkness where light, particularly sunlight, is blocked.
- (countable) Something that blocks light, particularly in a window.
- (countable) A variety of a color, in particular one obtained by adding black (compare tint).
- (figuratively) A subtle variation in a concept.
- (figuratively) An aspect that is reminiscent of something.
- A very small degree of a quantity, or variety of meaning
- (chiefly literary and fantasy) A ghost or specter; a spirit.
- (countable) A postage stamp showing an obvious difference in colour/color to the original printing and needing a separate catalogue/catalog entry.
- (uncountable, originally LGBTQ slang) Subtle insults.
- (countable) A cover around or above a light bulb, a lampshade.
- (historical) A candle-shade.
- 1789, Munro's Narrative, 186
- His tent is furnished with a good large bed, mattress, pillow, &c., a few camp-stools or chairs, a folding table, a pair of shades for his candles, six or seven trunks with table equipage, his stock of linen (at least 24 shirts); some dozens of wine, brandy, and gin; tea, sugar, and biscuit; and a hamper of live poultry and his milch-goat.
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- scoto-
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Etymology 2
From Middle English schaden, from the noun.
Verb
shade (third-person singular simple present shades, present participle shading, simple past and past participle shaded)
- (transitive) To shield (someone or something) from light.
- (intransitive, rare) To shield oneself from light.
- (transitive) To alter slightly.
- (intransitive) To vary or approach something slightly, particularly in color.
- (intransitive, baseball, of a defensive player) To move slightly from one's normal fielding position.
- (transitive) To darken, particularly in drawing.
- To win by a narrow margin.
- (transitive, graphical user interface) To reduce (a window) so that only its title bar is visible.
- Antonym: unshade
- (transitive, slang) To throw shade, to subtly insult someone.
- (transitive, obsolete) To shelter; to cover from injury; to protect; to screen.
- (transitive, obsolete) To present a shadow or image of; to shadow forth; to represent.
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Anagrams
- Da'esh, Daesh, Desha, Hades, Shead, ashed, deash, hades, heads, sadhe
Portuguese
Etymology
Unadapted borrowing from English shade.
Pronunciation
Noun
shade m (plural shades)
- (gay slang) shade (subtle insults)
Derived terms
Further reading
- “shade”, in Dicionário inFormal (in Portuguese), 2006–2024