Meaning

11 senses
  1. (transitive)To shield (someone or something) from light.

    The old oak tree shaded the lawn in the heat of the day.

    protect from light, heat, or view

  2. (intransitive, rare)To shield oneself from light.

    We shaded under a huge oak tree.

    затеня́тьzatenjátʹ

  3. (transitive)To alter slightly.

    You'll need to shade your shot slightly to the left.

    Most politicians will shade the truth if it helps them.

    vary slightly

  4. (intransitive)To vary or approach something slightly, particularly in color.

    The hillside was bright green, shading towards gold in the drier areas.

    переходи́ть вperexodítʹ v

  5. (intransitive)To move slightly from one's normal fielding position.

    Jones will shade a little to the right on this pitch count.

  6. (transitive)To darken, particularly in drawing.

    I draw contours first, gradually shading in midtones and shadows.

    schattieren

  7. To win by a narrow margin.

    Both parties claimed afterwards that their man did best in the debate, but an early opinion poll suggested Mr Cameron shaded it.

  8. (transitive)To reduce (a window) so that only its title bar is visible.

  9. (slang, transitive)To throw shade, to subtly insult someone.

  10. (obsolete, transitive)To shelter; to cover from injury; to protect; to screen.

  11. (obsolete, transitive)To present a shadow or image of; to shadow forth; to represent.

    represent the effect of shade or shadow on

Examples

221 sentences
  1. Let's try to find some shade.

    Давайте спробуємо знайти якусь тінь. — triantafillou

    ruДавай постараемся найти какую-нибудь тень. — Karok

  2. Let's try and find some shade.

    Давайте спробуємо знайти якусь тінь. — triantafillou

    ruДавайте попробуем найти какую-нибудь тень. — Karok

  3. They sat in the shade of that big tree.

    Вони сиділи в тіні цього великого дерева. — Ahha

    ruОни сидели в тени этого большого дерева. — odexed

    deSie saßen im Schatten dieses großen Baumes. — BraveSentry

  4. Tom sat in the shade of a tree, watching his children play.

    Том сидів у тіні дерева і спостерігав за грою своїх дітей. — deniko

    deTom saß im Schatten eines Baumes und sah seinen Kindern beim Spielen zu. — Pfirsichbaeumchen

  5. I'm standing in the shade.

    Я стою в тіні. — Balamax

    ruЯ стою в тени. — Aj

    deIch stehe im Schatten. — Pfirsichbaeumchen

Translations

7 languages
Русский
By meaning 2
to shield from light:
to vary slightly, particularly in color:
Deutsch
By meaning 1
to darken or to lightly colour:

Origin

Inherited from Middle English schaden, from schade + -en.

Inherited from Middle English schaden, from schade + -en.

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Forms

shades, shading, shaded, shaded
Base formshade · to shade
3rd person singularshades
Present participleshading
Past simpleshaded
Past participleshaded

regular · Lesson

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theyshade
he, she, itshades

Past simpleLesson

all personsshaded

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave shaded
he, she, ithas shaded

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill shade

Synonyms

3 synonyms
Close in meaning

Antonyms

1 antonyms

Word family

12 related words

Collocations

4 patterns
  • in the shade
  • the shade of
  • shade of a
  • some shade

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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