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shelter, umbrella, parasol: We need shades to reduce the glare
of the light. We had only a light tent as a shade against the
broiling sun. 6 fraction, hair's breadth, bit, hair, Colloq
smidgen or smidgin: Try moving the picture a shade to the left.
7 variation, variety, nuance, degree: Do you really think his
approval would make a shade of difference to me? 8 put (someone)
in or into the shade. overshadow, exceed, surpass, outstrip,
outclass, eclipse, outshine, best, better, beat, put to shame,
outplay, outperform, outdo, Colloq run rings or circles around,
show up: Your record time in the 1000-metre put other
contenders in the shade. 9 shades. sun-glasses: Take off those
shades so I can see what you are thinking.
--v. 10 screen, protect, shield, shelter, cover: You should
shade your eyes from the direct sunlight. 11 darken, opaque,
black out, blacken: She shaded in parts of the diagram to give
a better effect. 12 dim, shadow, veil, blot out, cloud,
conceal, hide, obscure, shroud, screen, mask, camouflage,
disguise: The house is shaded from view by trees on the south
side.
shadow n. 1 darkness, gloom, dimness, dusk, obscurity: In the shadow
I could make out the dim outline of a figure. 2 cover, screen,
covering, shield, veil, curtain, protection, concealment: He
stole past the sentry under the shadow of darkness. 3 hint,
intimation, suggestion, suspicion, trace, vestige; remnant: I
do not have the slightest shadow of doubt that she is telling
the truth. Martin is merely a shadow of his former robust self.
4 cloud, blight, curse: A terrible shadow has fallen upon the
family name. 5 See shade, 4, above. 6 companion, alter ego,
comrade, Colloq sidekick, crony, chum, (bosom) pal, US (bosom)
buddy: Boswell was Johnson's shadow for almost twenty years.
--v. 7 follow, trail, track, dog, stalk, pursue, trace, Colloq
tail, US and Canadian bird-dog: For a month detectives shadowed
the suspect.
shadowy adj. 1 dark, shady, bowery, leafy, shaded, gloomy, dusky, dim,
Literary bosky: The hotel bar was a shadowy place with pink
lights on the tables. 2 vague, dim, dark, obscure, faint,
indistinct, indefinite, hazy, ill-defined, unclear,
indeterminate: The photograph was too shadowy for us to
identify anyone in it. The years before he came to London are