Definition of shade

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Shade (n.) Comparative obscurity owing to interception or interruption of the rays of light; partial darkness caused by the intervention of something between the space contemplated and the source of light.

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Nightshade :: Nightshade (n.) A common name of many species of the genus Solanum, given esp. to the Solanum nigrum, or black nightshade, a low, branching weed with small white flowers and black berries reputed to be poisonous..
Hard :: Hard (superl.) Having disagreeable and abrupt contrasts in the coloring or light and shade.
Umbriferous :: Umbriferous (a.) Casting or making a shade; umbrageous.
Three-leaved :: Three-leaved (a.) Producing three leaves; as, three-leaved nightshade..
Potato :: Potato (n.) A plant (Solanum tuberosum) of the Nightshade family, and its esculent farinaceous tuber, of which there are numerous varieties used for food. It is native of South America, but a form of the species is found native as far north as New Mexico..
Pers :: Pers (a.) Light blue; grayish blue; -- a term applied to different shades at different periods.
Shade :: Shade (n.) Darkness; obscurity; -- often in the plural.
Shade :: Shade (v. t.) To obscure; to dim the brightness of.
Dark :: Dark (a.) Destitute, or partially destitute, of light; not receiving, reflecting, or radiating light; wholly or partially black, or of some deep shade of color; not light-colored; as, a dark room; a dark day; dark cloth; dark paint; a dark complexion..
Shadow :: Shadow (n.) A spirit; a ghost; a shade; a phantom.
Orgyia :: Orgyia (n.) A genus of bombycid moths whose caterpillars (esp. those of Orgyia leucostigma) are often very injurious to fruit trees and shade trees. The female is wingless. Called also vaporer moth.
Shadow :: Shadow (n.) Darkness; shade; obscurity.
Cast :: Cast (n.) A tendency to any color; a tinge; a shade.
Shady :: Shady (superl.) Abounding in shade or shades; overspread with shade; causing shade.
Stellionate :: Stellion (n.) A lizard (Stellio vulgaris), common about the Eastern Mediterranean among ruins. In color it is olive-green, shaded with black, with small stellate spots. Called also hardim, and star lizard..
Tamarind :: Tamarind (n.) A leguminous tree (Tamarindus Indica) cultivated both the Indies, and the other tropical countries, for the sake of its shade, and for its fruit. The trunk of the tree is lofty and large, with wide-spreading branches; the flowers are in racemes at the ends of the branches. The leaves are small and finely pinnated..
Fretwork :: Fretwork (n.) Work adorned with frets; ornamental openwork or work in relief, esp. when elaborate and minute in its parts. Hence, any minute play of light and shade, dark and light, or the like..
Shade :: Shade (v. t.) To pain in obscure colors; to darken.
Benight :: Benight (v. t.) To involve in darkness; to shroud with the shades of night; to obscure.
Tomato :: Tomato (n.) The fruit of a plant of the Nightshade family (Lycopersicum esculentun); also, the plant itself. The fruit, which is called also love apple, is usually of a rounded, flattened form, but often irregular in shape. It is of a bright red or yellow color, and is eaten either cooked or uncooked..
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