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(verb) protect from light, heat, or view; "Shade your eyes when you step out into the bright sunlight" |
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Related Words: block out, screen |
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(verb) represent the effect of shade or shadow on |
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Synonyms: fill in |
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Related Words: crosshatch, draw, paint |
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(noun) something that protects from direct sunlight |
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Related Words: lamp shade, lampshade, parasol, pith hat, pith helmet, protection, protective covering, sun helmet, sun visor, sunbonnet, sunhat, sunshade, topee, topi |
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(noun) a quality of a given color that differs slightly from a primary color; "after several trials he mixed the shade of pink that she wanted" |
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Synonyms: tincture, tint, tone |
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Related Words: color, coloring, colour, colouring, tinge, undertone |
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(noun) relative darkness caused by light rays being intercepted by an opaque body |
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Synonyms: shadiness, shadowiness |
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Related Words: semidarkness, shadow |
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(verb) cast a shadow over |
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Synonyms: shade off, shadow |
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Related Words: bedim, obscure, overcloud |
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(noun) a mental representation of some haunting experience; "he looked like he had seen a ghost"; "it aroused specters from his past" |
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Synonyms: ghost, specter, spectre, spook, wraith |
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Related Words: apparition, phantom, shadow |
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(noun) a subtle difference in meaning |
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Synonyms: nicety, nuance, refinement, subtlety |
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Related Words: import, meaning, significance, signification |
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