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Definitions of shade
n. - To undergo or exhibit minute difference or variation, as of color, meaning, expression, etc.; to pass by slight changes; -- used chiefly with a preposition, as into, away, off. ²
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. ²
n. - Darkness; obscurity; -- often in the plural. ²
n. - An obscure place; a spot not exposed to light; hence, a secluded retreat. ²
n. - That which intercepts, or shelters from, light or the direct rays of the sun; hence, also, that which protects from heat or currents of air; a screen; protection; shelter; cover; as, a lamp shade. ²
n. - Shadow. ²
n. - The soul after its separation from the body; -- so called because the ancients it to be perceptible to the sight, though not to the touch; a spirit; a ghost; as, the shades of departed heroes. ²
n. - The darker portion of a picture; a less illuminated part. See Def. 1, above. ²
n. - Degree or variation of color, as darker or lighter, stronger or paler; as, a delicate shade of pink. ²
n. - A minute difference or variation, as of thought, belief, expression, etc.; also, the quality or degree of anything which is distinguished from others similar by slight differences; as, the shades of meaning in synonyms. ²
v. t. - To shelter or screen by intercepting the rays of light; to keep off illumination from. ²
v. t. - To shelter; to cover from injury; to protect; to screen; to hide; as, to shade one's eyes. ²
v. t. - To obscure; to dim the brightness of. ²
v. t. - To pain in obscure colors; to darken. ²
v. t. - To mark with gradations of light or color. ²
v. t. - To present a shadow or image of; to shadow forth; to represent. ²

The word "shade" uses 5 letters: A D E H S.

Direct anagrams of shade:
  ashed   deash   hades   heads   sadhe

Words formed by adding one letter before or after shade (in bold), or to adehs in any order:
b -   bashed   c -   cashed   chased   d -   dashed   shaded   f -   fashed   g -   gashed   h -   hashed   j -   hadjes   jehads   k -   khedas   l -   lashed   shaled   m -   mashed   shamed   p -   hasped   pashed   phased   shaped   r -   dasher   shader   shared   s -   dashes   sadhes   sashed   shades   t -   deaths   hasted   v -   shaved   w -   shawed   washed   x -   hexads  

Shorter words found within shade:
ad   ads   ae   ah   as   ash   dah   dahs   dash   de   ed   edh   edhs   eds   eh   es   ha   had   hade   hae   haed   haes   has   he   head   hes   sad   sade   sae   sea   sh   sha   shad   she   shea   shed  

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