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English

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Pronunciation

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  • enPR:shād,IPA(key):/ʃeɪd/
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  • Rhymes:-eɪd

Etymology 1

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FromMiddle Englishschade,fromOld Englishsċeadu,sċadu(“shadow; shade”),fromProto-West Germanic*skadu,fromProto-Germanic*skadwaz(“shadow; shade”).More atshadow.

Noun

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shade(countableanduncountable,pluralshades)

  1. (uncountable)Darknesswherelight,particularlysunlight,isblocked.
    The old oak tree gaveshadein the heat of the day.
  2. (countable)Something that blocks light, particularly in awindow.
    Close theshade,please: it's too bright in here.
  3. (countable)A variety of a color, in particular one obtained by addingblack(comparetint).
    I've painted my room in five lovelyshadesof pink and chartreuse.
    • 1689(indicated as1690),[John Locke],An Essay Concerning Humane Understanding.[…],London:[…]Eliz[abeth]Holt, for Thomas Basset,[…],→OCLC:
      Thus light and colours, as white, red, yellow, blue, with their several degrees orshades,and mixtures, as green, scarlet, purple, sea-green, and the rest, come in only by the eyes[…]
  4. (figuratively)Asubtlevariation in a concept.
    shadesof meaning
  5. (figuratively)Anaspectthat isreminiscentof something.
    shadesof Groucho
  6. A very smalldegreeof a quantity, orvarietyof meaning
    • 1934,Agatha Christie,Miss Marple Tells a Story:
      Mrs. Rhodes who (so I gathered from Mr. Petherick's careful language) was perhaps just ashadeof a hypochondriac, had retired to bed immediately after dinner.
    • 1990April 7, Wickie Stamps, “The 'Temple' Is Familiar”, inGay Community News,page12:
      Five feet in diameter and ashadeabove knee high, the center of the fragile white canvass structure is filled with[…]
  7. (chieflyliteraryandfantasy)Aghostorspecter;aspirit.
    Too long have I been haunted by thatshade.
    The adventurer was attacked by ashade.
  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,originallyLGBTQslang)Subtleinsults.
    throwshade
    Why did you paint your room chartreuse? Noshade;I'm genuinely curious.
    • 1990,Jennie Livingston, director,Paris Is Burning,spoken byDorian Corey:
      Shadeis: "I don't tell you you're ugly, but I don't have to tell you because you know you're ugly." And that'sshade.
  10. (countable)A cover around or above a light bulb, alampshade.
    • 1979August, Graham Burtenshaw, Michael S. Welch, “O.V.S. Bulleid's SR loco-hauled coaches - 1”, inRailway World,page398:
      Lighting was unimaginative for the standard stock with naked tungsten filament bulbs and metal reflectors. However, all compartments had individual reading lights above the seats with attractive glassshades.
  11. (historical)Acandle-shade.
    • 1817,T. Munro,Life,i. 511:
      I am now finishing this letter by candle-light, with the help of a handkerchief tied over theshade.
    • 1789,Munro's Narrative, 186
      His tent is furnished with a good large bed, mattress, pillow, &c., a few camp-stools or chairs, a folding table, a pair ofshadesfor his candles, six or seven trunks with table equipage, his stock of linen (at least 24 shirts); some dozens of wine, brandy, and gin; tea, sugar, and biscuit; and a hamper of live poultry and his milch-goat.
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Etymology 2

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FromMiddle Englishschaden,from the noun.[1][2]

Verb

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shade(third-person singular simple presentshades,present participleshading,simple past and past participleshaded)

  1. (transitive)Toshield(someone or something) from light.
    The old oak treeshadedthe lawn in the heat of the day.
  2. (intransitive,rare)To shield oneself from light.
    Weshadedunder a huge oak tree.
  3. (transitive)To alter slightly.
    You'll need toshadeyour shot slightly to the left.
    Most politicians willshadethe truth if it helps them.
  4. (intransitive)To vary or approach something slightly, particularly in color.
    The hillside was bright green,shadingtowards gold in the drier areas.
    • 1886,Edmund Gurney,Phantasms of the Living:
      This small group will be most conveniently treated with the emotional division, into which itshades.
  5. (intransitive,baseball,of adefensiveplayer)To move slightly from one's normalfieldingposition.
    Jones willshadea little to the right on this pitch count.
  6. (transitive)Todarken,particularly indrawing.
    I draw contours first, graduallyshadingin midtones and shadows.
  7. Towinby a narrow margin.
    Both parties claimed afterwards that their man did best in the debate, but an early opinion poll suggested Mr Cameronshadedit.
    • 2024March 10, David Hytner, “Doku involved at both ends as Liverpool and Manchester City share spoils”, inThe Guardian‎[1]:
      It was Alexis Mac Allister who lit the touchpaper at the start of the second half, scoring from the penalty spot to cancel out John Stones’s opener for City midway through a first half that the defending champions hadshaded.
  8. (transitive,graphical user interface)Toreduce(awindow) so that only itstitle baris visible.
    Antonym:unshade
  9. (transitive,slang)Tothrow shade,to subtlyinsultsomeone.
    • 2021December 8, Arwa Mahdawi, “Elon Musk is learning a hard lesson: never date a musician”, inThe Guardian‎[2]:
      The lyrics have prompted headlines about her “shading”Musk with a “spicy dig”, but I reckon the guy got off lightly.
  10. (transitive,obsolete)Toshelter;to cover from injury; toprotect;toscreen.
  11. (transitive,obsolete)To present ashadoworimageof; to shadow forth; torepresent.
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References

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  1. ^“shāden,v.”,inMED Online,Ann Arbor, Mich.:University of Michigan,2007.
  2. ^“shade,v.1”,inOED OnlinePaid subscription required⁠,Oxford:Oxford University Press,launched 2000.

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Portuguese

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Etymology

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Unadapted borrowingfromEnglishshade.

Pronunciation

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  • (Brazil)IPA(key):/ˈʃej.d͡ʒi/[ˈʃeɪ̯.d͡ʒi]
    • (Southern Brazil)IPA(key):/ˈʃej.de/[ˈʃeɪ̯.de]

Noun

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shadem(pluralshades)

  1. (gayslang)shade(subtle insults)
    • 2022September 9, Ademir Corrêa,Cinema queerité: Gêneros e identidades no documentário "Paris is burning"‎[3],Paco e Littera,→ISBN:
      “Eu não preciso dizer que você é feia, porque você sabe que é feia” (Paris..., 1990), exemplifica Corey para o fato deshadeser como uma leitura do que está subentendido como defeito no outro.Shadetambém se transforma em movimento.
      "I don't need to say that you're ugly, because you know you're ugly" (Paris..., 1990), exemplifies Corey to illustrate thatshadeis like reading what's implied as a flaw in the other person.Shadealso becomes a movement.

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Further reading

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  • “shade”,inDicionário inFormal(in Portuguese),2006–2024
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