Noun
1. relative darkness caused by light rays being intercepted by an opaque body;
"it is much cooler in the shade""there's too much shadiness to take good photographs"2. a quality of a given color that differs slightly from a primary color;
"after several trials he mixed the shade of pink that she wanted"3. protective covering that protects something from direct sunlight;
"they used umbrellas as shades""as the sun moved he readjusted the shade"4. a subtle difference in meaning or opinion or attitude;
"without understanding the finer nuances you can't enjoy the humor""don't argue about shades of meaning"5. a position of relative inferiority;
"an achievement that puts everything else in the shade""his brother's success left him in the shade"6. a slight amount or degree of difference;
"a tad too expensive""not a tad of difference""the new model is a shade better than the old one"7. a mental representation of some haunting experience;
"he looked like he had seen a ghost""it aroused specters from his past"8. a representation of the effect of shade in a picture or drawing (as by shading or darker pigment)