Meaning

11 senses
  1. (uncountable)Darkness where light, particularly sunlight, is blocked.

    The old oak tree gave shade in the heat of the day.

    Temps rose to a sweltering 40 degrees Celsius in the shade.

    Schatten

    теньtenʹ

    тіньtinʹ

    relative darkness caused by light rays being intercepted by an opaque body

  2. (countable)Something that blocks light, particularly in a window.

    Close the shade, please: it's too bright in here.

    Vorhang

    што́раštóra

  3. (countable)A variety of a color, in particular one obtained by adding black (compare tint).

    I've painted my room in five lovely shades of pink and chartreuse.

    Farbton

    отте́нокotténok, нюа́нсnjuáns

  4. (countable, figuratively, uncountable)A subtle variation in a concept.

    shades of meaning

    отте́нокotténok, нюа́нсnjuáns

  5. (countable, figuratively, in the plural, uncountable)An aspect that is reminiscent of something.

    shades of Groucho Marx

  6. (countable, uncountable)A very small degree of a quantity, or variety of meaning

    That is a shade too close.

  7. (countable, literary, uncountable)A ghost or specter; a spirit.

    Too long have I been haunted by that shade.

    The adventurer was attacked by a shade.

  8. (countable)A postage stamp showing an obvious difference in colour/color to the original printing and needing a separate catalogue/catalog entry.

  9. (uncountable)Subtle insults.

    throw shade

    Why did you paint your room chartreuse? No shade; I'm genuinely curious.

    a subtle difference in meaning or opinion or attitude

  10. (countable)A cover around or above a light bulb, a lampshade.

  11. (countable, historical, uncountable)A candle-shade.

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

9 languages
Українська
By meaning 1
darkness where light is blocked:
Русский
By meaning 3
darkness where light is blocked:
something that blocks light, particularly in a window:
variety of color:
Deutsch
By meaning 3
darkness where light is blocked:
something that blocks light, particularly in a window:
variety of color:

Origin

Inherited from Middle English schade, from Old English sċeadu, from Proto-West Germanic *s

Inherited from Middle English schade, from Old English sċeadu, from Proto-West Germanic *skadu, from Proto-Germanic *skaduz, from Proto-Indo-European *(s)ḱh₃tús, from *(s)ḱeh₃-. Doublet of shadow. Cognate with Ancient Greek σκότος (skótos) (whence English scoto-) and σκιά (skiá) (whence English scia-, and uncertainly via σκίουρος (skíouros) English squirrel).

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Forms

plural: shades
Singularshade
Pluralshades

regular

Synonyms

17 synonyms
Close in meaning

Word family

37 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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