Definition of "shade" []

• Light diminished in intensity as a result of the interception of the rays; partial darkness. (noun)
• An area or a space of partial darkness. (noun)
• Cover or shelter provided by interception by an object of the sun or its rays. (noun)
• Any of various devices used to reduce or screen light or heat. (noun)
• Slang Sunglasses. (noun)

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• ""It must be a very delicate shade of drab," she wrote, and lest he should get too intense an idea, she would call it a _tint_ of a _shade_ of drab, or, better yet, a _hint_ of a tint of a shade of drab would describe exactly what she meant, and be so entirely unique, and lovely, and recherché."
• "The label shade echoes the mascara shade, and it's a good representation."
• "Only early spring bloomers, like the hepaticas and trilliums, grow in what we call shade -- though at the time of their growth and bloom they have the sunlight through the leafless tree branches."