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shade into

phrasal verb

Definition of shade into

: to slowly or gradually change into (something) or become the same as (something)
  • as day shades into night

Word by Word Definitions

shade play

  1. : comparative darkness or obscurity owing to interception of the rays of light

  2. : relative obscurity or retirement

  3. : shelter (as by foliage) from the heat and glare of sunlight

  1. : to shelter or screen by intercepting radiated light or heat

  2. : to cover with a shade

  3. : to hide partly by or as if by a shadow

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