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shade
English
Pronunciation
- enPR: sh?d, IPA(key): /?e?d/
- Rhymes: -e?d
Etymology 1
From Middle English schade, from Old English s?eadu, s?adu (“shadow; shade”), from Proto-West Germanic *skadu, from Proto-Germanic *skadwaz (“shadow; shade”). More at shadow.
Noun
shade (countable and uncountable, plural shades)
- (uncountable) Darkness where light, particularly sunlight, is blocked.
- (countable) Something that blocks light, particularly in a window.
- (countable) A variety of a colour/color, in particular one obtained by adding black (compare tint).
- Thus light and colours, as white, red, yellow, blue, with their several degrees or shades, and mixtures, as green, scarlet, purple, sea-green, and the rest, come in only by the eyes […]
- (figuratively) A subtle variation in a concept.
- 1823, Thomas De Quincey, Letters to a Young Man whose Education has been Neglected. No. V. On the English Notices of Kant
- new shades and combinations of thought
- 1823, Thomas De Quincey, Letters to a Young Man whose Education has been Neglected. No. V. On the English Notices of Kant
- (figuratively) An aspect that is reminiscent of something.
- A very small degree of a quantity, or variety of meaning
- 1934, Agatha Christie, Miss Marple Tells a Story
- Mrs. Rhodes who (so I gathered from Mr. Petherick's careful language) was perhaps just a shade of a hypochondriac, had retired to bed immediately after dinner.
- 1934, Agatha Christie, Miss Marple Tells a Story
- (chiefly literary and fantasy) A ghost or specter; a spirit.
- Swift as thought the flitting shade / Thro' air his momentary journey made.
- (countable) A postage stamp showing an obvious difference in colour/color to the original printing and needing a separate catalogue/catalog entry.
- (uncountable, originally gay slang) Subtle insults.
Derived terms
- lampshade
- sunshade
- made in the shade
- nightshade
- shade carrier
- shadeful
- shadeless
- shadelessly
- shadiness
- shady
Translations
Etymology 2
From Old English sceadwian, derived from s?eadu (see above).
Verb
shade (third-person singular simple present shades, present participle shading, simple past and past participle shaded)
- (transitive) To shield from light.
- The old oak tree shaded the lawn in the heat of the day.
- (transitive) To alter slightly.
- You'll need to shade your shot slightly to the left.
- Most politicians will shade the truth if it helps them.
- (intransitive) To vary or approach something slightly, particularly in color.
- The hillside was bright green, shading towards gold in the drier areas.
- 1886, Edmund Gurney, Phantasms of the Living
- This small group will be most conveniently treated with the emotional division, into which it shades.
- (intransitive, baseball, of a defensive player) To move slightly from one's normal fielding position.
- Jones will shade a little to the right on this pitch count.
- (transitive) To darken, particularly in drawing.
- I draw contours first, gradually shading in midtones and shadows.
- To surpass by a narrow margin.
- Both parties claimed afterwards that their man did best in the debate, but an early opinion poll suggested Mr Cameron shaded it.
- (transitive, graphical user interface) To reduce (a window) so that only its title bar is visible.
- Antonym: unshade
- (transitive, obsolete) To shelter; to cover from injury; to protect; to screen.
- (transitive, obsolete) To present a shadow or image of; to shadow forth; to represent.
Derived terms
- beshade
- shader
- shading
- unshade
- unshaded
Translations
Related terms
- shadow
- shed
Anagrams
- Da'esh, Daesh, Desha, Hades, Shead, ashed, deash, hades, heads, sadhe
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banshee
English
Alternative forms
- banshie (dated)
- benshee (obsolete)
Etymology
From Irish bean sí, from Old Irish ben síde (literally “woman of the fairy mound”). The term banshee entered English in 1771.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /bæn??i?/, /?bæn?i?/
Noun
banshee (plural banshees)
- (Irish folklore) A female spirit, usually taking the form of a woman whose mournful wailing warns of an impending death.
- (derogatory) A noisy or ill-tempered woman.
Usage notes
- A banshee was originally merely a fairy woman who sang a caoineadh (lament) for recently-deceased members of certain families. Translations of Irish works into English made a distinction between the banshee and other fairy folk that the original language and original stories do not seem to have, but from which sprung the current image of the banshee.
Descendants
Translations
See also
- sidhe
Anagrams
- has-been, shabeen, shebean
Portuguese
Noun
banshee f (plural banshees)
- (Irish folklore) banshee (a female spirit who warns of impending death)
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