Main Entry: ²shade

Function: verb

Inflected Form(s): shad·ed; shad·ing

Date: 14th century

transitive verb 1 a : to shelter or screen by intercepting radiated light or heat b : to cover with a shade
2 : to hide partly by or as if by a shadow
3 : to darken with or as if with a shadow
4 : to better or exceed by a shade
5 a : to represent the effect of shade or shadow on b : to add shading to c : to color so that the shades pass gradually from one to another
6 : to change by gradual transition or qualification
7 : to reduce slightly (as a price)
8 : slant, biasintransitive verb 1 : to pass by slight changes or imperceptible degrees
2 : to undergo or exhibit minute difference or variation

— shad·er noun