Scrabble?! SHADE

Definitions of SHADE in various dictionaries:

noun - relative darkness caused by light rays being intercepted by an opaque body

noun - a quality of a given color that differs slightly from another color

noun - protective covering that protects something from direct sunlight

noun - a subtle difference in meaning or opinion or attitude

noun - a position of relative inferiority

noun - a slight amount or degree of difference

noun - a mental representation of some haunting experience

noun - a representation of the effect of shadows in a picture or drawing (as by shading or darker pigment)

verb - cast a shadow over

verb - represent the effect of shade or shadow on

verb - protect from light, heat, or view

verb - vary slightly

verb - pass from one quality such as color to another by a slight degree

Light diminished in intensity as a result of the interception of the rays; partial darkness.

An area or a space of partial darkness.

Cover or shelter provided by interception by an object of the sun or its rays.

Sunglasses.

Relative obscurity.

The part of a picture or photograph depicting darkness or shadow.

The degree to which a color is mixed with black or is decreasingly illuminated; gradation of darkness.

A slight difference or variation; a nuance: shades of meaning.

A small amount; a trace: detected a shade of bitterness in her remarks.

A disembodied spirit; a ghost.

To screen from light or heat.

To obscure or darken.

To cause shade in or on.

To represent degrees of shade or shadow in: shade a drawing.

To produce (gradations of light or color) in a drawing or picture.

To change or vary by slight degrees: shade the meaning.

To pass from one quality, color, or thing to another by very slight changes or degrees.

verb - to screen from light or heat