Text: 1 partial darkness due to the obstruction of light rays<it was hard to see in the shade after being in the brilliant sunlight><the trees cast shade>Synonymspenumbra, shadiness, shadow, umbraRelated Wordsblackness, dimness, duskiness, gloominess, murkiness, obscurity, somberness; cloudiness, dullness (also dulness)Near Antonymsbrightness, brilliance, effulgence, illumination, incandescence, light, lightness, lucidity, lucidness, luminosity, radiance 2 a time or place of little or no light<enjoying the cool shade of the evening>— see dark 1 3 a property that becomes apparent when light falls on an object and by which things that are identical in form can be distinguished<a lovely shade of blue>— see color 1 4 a very small amount<just a shade taller than his dance partner>— see particle 1 5 the soul of a dead person thought of especially as appearing to living people<spirits and shades haunting the night>— see ghost

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