shade

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(New American Roget's College Thesaurus)

n. shadiness, shadow, umbrage, gloom, gloaming, dimness, darkness; obscurity; duskiness; shading, tone; curtain, veil, film, haziness, haze, misti[ness], cloudiness; color, hue, tint; nuance, degree; blind, curtain, shutter, Venetian blind; spirit, ghost, phantom, specter, apparition, haunt (see demon). —v. t. hide, conceal; darken, shadow; cover, veil; color, tinge, tint. See covering, concealment.

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(Roget's IV) n.

1. [Lack of light]

Syn. blackness, shadow, dimness; see darkness 1 .

2. [A degree of color]

Syn. cast, tone, hue; see color 1 , tint .

3. [A slight difference]

Syn. variation, proposal, hint; see suggestion 1 .

4. [An obstruction to light]

Syn. covering, blind, screen; see curtain .

5. [A ghost]

Syn. spirit, manes, revenant; see ghost 1 , 2 .

See Synonym Study at color . v.

1. [To intercept direct Rays]

Syn. screen, shelter, shadow, cast a shadow over, overshadow, eclipse.

2. [To make darker]

Syn. darken, blacken, obscure, cloud, shadow, make dim, adumbrate, tone down, nigrify, black out, make dusky, deepen the shade, overshadow, make gloomy, screen, shut out the light, befog, keep out the light.

3. [To become darker]

Syn. grow dark, grow black, become dark, grow dim, blacken, turn to twilight, deepen into night, become gloomy, be overcast, grow dusky, cloud up, cloud over, overcloud, grow shadowy.

4. [*To win by a narrow margin]

Syn. barely win, win by a hairbreadth, nose out*; see defeat .

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(Roget's 3 Superthesaurus)

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n.

1. darkness shadows, cover, dimness, umbra, penumbra.

2. hue tone, color, tint, gradation.

3. blind visor, shutter, drape, curtain, screen.

4. slight difference hint, trace, touch, suggestion, tiny degree, nuance.

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v.

darken, dim, cover, veil, shroud, mask, protect, hide, obscure, blacken.

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(Roget's Thesaurus II) I noun 1. Comparative darkness that results from the blocking of light rays: penumbra, shadow, umbra, umbrage. See LIGHT. 2. The degree of vividness of a color, as when modified by the addition of black or white pigment: gradation, hue, tinge, tint. See COLORS. 3. The property by which the sense of vision can distinguish between objects, as a red apple and a green apple, that are very similar or identical in form and size: color, hue, tint, tone. See COLORS. 4. A slight variation between nearly identical entities: gradation, nuance. See BIG. 5. A slight amount or indication: breath, dash, ghost, hair, hint, intimation, semblance, shadow, soupcpn, streak, suggestion, suspicion, taste, tinge, touch, trace, whiff, whisper. Informal: whisker. See BIG, SHOW. 6. A supernatural being, such as a ghost: apparition, bogey, bogeyman, bogle, eidolon, ghost, phantasm, phantasma, phantom, revenant, shadow, specter, spirit, visitant, wraith. Informal: spook. Regional: haunt. See BEINGS, SUPERNATURAL. II verb 1. To shelter, especially from light: screen, shadow. See PROTECTION. 2. To make dark or darker: adumbrate, darken, shadow. See LIGHT. 3. To make a slight reduction in (a price): shave, trim. See INCREASE.