2 definitions found
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Shade \Shade\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Shaded}; p. pr & vb n.
{Shading}.]
1. To shelter or screen by intercepting the rays of light; to
keep off illumination from --Milton.
I went to crop the sylvan scenes, And shade our
altars with their leafy greens. --Dryden.
2. To shelter; to cover from injury; to protect; to screen;
to hide; as to shade one's eyes.
Ere in our own house I do shade my head. --Shak.
3. To obscure; to dim the brightness of
Thou shad'st The full blaze of thy beams. --Milton.
4. To pain in obscure colors; to darken.
5. To mark with gradations of light or color.
6. To present a shadow or image of to shadow forth; to
represent. [Obs.]
[The goddess] in her person cunningly did shade That
part of Justice which is Equity. --Spenser.
From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]:
shaded
adj 1: protected from heat and light with shade or shadow; "shaded
avenues"; "o'er the shaded billows rushed the night"-
Alexander Pope [ant: {unshaded}]
2: (of pictures or drawings) drawn or painted with degrees or
gradations of shadow; "the shaded areas of the face seemed
to recede" [ant: {unshaded}]
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