Main Entry:

²shade

Function:

verb

Inflected Form(s):

shad·ed; shad·ing

Date:

14th century

transitive verb1 a: to shelter or screen by intercepting radiated light or heat b: to cover with a shade2: to hide partly by or as if by a shadow3: to darken with or as if with a shadow4: to better or exceed by a shade5 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 another6: to change by gradual transition or qualification7: to reduce slightly (as a price)8: slant, biasintransitive verb1: to pass by slight changes or imperceptible degrees2: to undergo or exhibit minute difference or variation

— shad·er noun