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Results for: "shade"

Translating from English to Romanian

Translations:

shade — darkness where light is blocked
→ umbră f
shade — variety of color
→ nuanță

More translations:

shade
→ umbră; umbrar
shade
→ umbră
shade
→ parasolar; abajur; jaluzea
shade
→ ton
shade
→ (un) pic, puțin
shade
→ a (se) adăposti
shade
→ a umbri
shade
→ a se decolora

English definitions WordNet

NOUN 8

  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 another 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”
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  1. 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”
  2. a position of relative inferiority

    • “an achievement that puts everything else in the shade”
    • “his brother's success left him in the shade”
  3. 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”
    Synonymstad
  4. a mental representation of some haunting experience

    • “he looked like he had seen a ghost”
    • “it aroused specters from his past”
  5. a representation of the effect of shadows in a picture or drawing (as by shading or darker pigment)

VERB 5

  1. cast a shadow over

    Synonymsshadowshade off
  2. represent the effect of shade or shadow on

    Synonymsfill in
  3. protect from light, heat, or view

    • “Shade your eyes when you step out into the bright sunlight”
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  1. vary slightly

    • “shade the meaning”
  2. pass from one quality such as color to another by a slight degree

    • “the butterfly wings shade to yellow”