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shaded |
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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