Shade - English meaning

noun

A ghost or ghostlike image of a person.

Usage examples:

A headless apparition

noun

Something you believe, imagine, or dream you see, esp. the form of a person; ghost

noun

The spirit of a dead person appearing in a form that can be seen

phrasal verb

Prevent a vehicle from being driven away, typically by parking another vehicle too close.

Usage examples:

He blocked in vera's mini

phrasal verb

Paint something with solid areas of colour.

Usage examples:

The sunflowers are blocked in with yellow

phrasal verb

To put a vehicle so close to another vehicle that it cannot drive away

Usage examples:

Another car had parked behind me and blocked me in.

idiom

To spoil a good situation with something unpleasant

Usage examples:

Her father's illness had cast a shadow over the birth of her baby., charges of corruption against t…

noun

The property possessed by an object of producing different sensations on the eye as a result of the way it reflects or emits light.

Usage examples:

The lights flickered and changed colour

verb

Pigmentation of the skin, especially as an indication of someone's race.

Usage examples:

Discrimination on the basis of colour

noun

Red, blue, green, yellow, etc.

Usage examples:

What's your favourite colour?, she wears a lot of bright colours., what colour are your eyes?, in a…

adjective

Of or at a fairly low temperature.

Usage examples:

It'll be a cool afternoon

noun

A fairly low temperature.

Usage examples:

The cool of the night air

verb

Become or make less hot.

Usage examples:

We dived into the river to cool off

noun

The quality or condition of being at a fairly low temperature.

Usage examples:

The coolness of the breeze

noun

The state or quality of being slightly cold

Usage examples:

There’s a slight coolness in the air., grace had felt some coolness between them., she’s known for …

noun

The ability to stay calm and act in a reasonable way even in difficult situations

Usage examples:

Her coolness in an emergency was admirable.

verb

Put something on top of or in front of (something), especially in order to protect or conceal it.

Usage examples:

The table had been covered with a checked tablecloth

noun

A thing which lies on, over, or around something, especially in order to protect or conceal it.

Usage examples:

A seat cover

verb

To put or spread something over something, or to lie on the surface of something

Usage examples:

Once the rice comes to a boil, turn down the flame and cover the pot., she covered the child with a…

verb

If two groups of parallel lines cross-hatch, or you cross-hatch them, they are close together and cross each other, often in order to show differences of light and darkness on a picture

Usage examples:

Cross-hatch the stripes to make them darker., the location was in one of those narrow little lanes …

verb

Make or become dark or darker.

Usage examples:

The sky was darkening rapidly

verb

To become or make something dark

Usage examples:

[ i ] the sky darkened as thick smoke billowed from the refinery., [ t ] she pulled down the shades…

verb

(of a place or the sky) to become dark

Usage examples:

The sky darkened as thick smoke billowed from the blazing oil well.

adjective

(of a light, colour, or illuminated object) not shining brightly or clearly.

Usage examples:

The dim glow of the fire

verb

Make or become less bright or distinct.

Usage examples:

A smoky inferno that dimmed the sun

abbreviation

Diminuendo.

noun

An apparition of a dead person which is believed to appear or become manifest to the living, typically as a nebulous image.

Usage examples:

The building is haunted by the ghost of a monk

verb

Act as ghostwriter of (a work).

Usage examples:

His memoirs were smoothly ghosted by a journalist

noun

The spirit of a dead person imagined as visiting the living and usually appearing as a pale, almost transparent form

Usage examples:

There are lots of stories about ghosts.

noun

A colour or shade.

Usage examples:

The water is the deepest hue of aquamarine

proper noun

A city in central vietnam; population 233,800 (est. 2009).

noun

A color, or the particular degree of light or dark of a color

Usage examples:

In the waters of the caribbean there are fish of every hue.

noun

The quality of being intense.

Usage examples:

The pain grew in intensity

noun

The quality of being extreme in strength or force

Usage examples:

Simone sings with emotional intensity., the light hit us with such intensity that we ducked.

noun

The quality of being felt strongly or having a very strong effect

Usage examples:

The explosion was of such intensity that it was heard five miles away.

noun

A growth of long hair on the neck of a horse, lion, or other mammal.

Usage examples:

The horse was rushing about in the field, tossing its mane

plural noun

(in ancient roman belief) the souls of dead ancestors, worshipped as benevolent spirits.

Usage examples:

There is no greater sinner than that man who, though not worshipping the gods or the manes seeks to…

noun

The long, thick hair that grows along the top of a horse’s neck or around the face and neck of a male lion

noun

An illusion, apparition, or ghost.

Usage examples:

The cart seemed to glide like a terrible phantasm

noun

Something that is seen or imagined but is not real

noun

A ghost.

Usage examples:

A phantom who haunts lonely roads

noun

Something that appears or seems to exist but is not real or is imagined

noun

A person who has returned, especially supposedly from the dead.

Usage examples:

He was three hundred years old, a terrible living revenant

noun

Someone who has returned, especially someone who returns to life after being dead

Usage examples:

The dead son becomes a ghostly revenant.

noun

A fixed or movable upright partition used to divide a room, give shelter from draughts, heat, or light, or to provide concealment or privacy.

Usage examples:

The special branch man remained hidden behind the screen for prosecution witnesses

verb

Conceal, protect, or shelter (someone or something) with a screen or something forming a screen.

Usage examples:

Her hair swung across to screen her face

noun

A flat surface in a theater, on a television, or on a computer system on which pictures or words are shown

Usage examples:

I spend most of the day working in front of a computer screen., her ambition is to write for the sc…

noun

A dark area or shape produced by a body coming between rays of light and a surface.

Usage examples:

Trees cast long shadows

verb

Short for eyeshadow.

noun

An area of darkness caused when light is blocked by something, usually in a shape similar to the object that is blocking the light

Usage examples:

[ c ] chloë kept jumping on tyler’s shadow., [ u ] this corner of the room is always in shadow., [ …

noun

A dark area or shape produced by a body coming between rays of light and a surface.

Usage examples:

Trees cast long shadows

verb

Short for eyeshadow.

noun

An area of darkness caused when light is blocked by something, usually in a shape similar to the object that is blocking the light

Usage examples:

[ c ] chloë kept jumping on tyler’s shadow., [ u ] this corner of the room is always in shadow., [ …

noun

A place giving temporary protection from bad weather or danger.

Usage examples:

Huts like this are used as a shelter during the winter

verb

Protect or shield from something harmful, especially bad weather.

Usage examples:

The hut sheltered him from the cold wind

noun

Something that gives protection, such as a building or tent, or the protection provided

Usage examples:

[ c ] we took the stray dog to an animal shelter., [ u ] the wall gave us some shelter from the win…

noun

A ghost.

Usage examples:

A dread of spectres and witches affected every aspect of daily life

noun

The non-physical part of a person which is the seat of emotions and character; the soul.

Usage examples:

We seek a harmony between body and spirit

verb

Convey rapidly and secretly.

Usage examples:

Stolen cows were spirited away some distance to prevent detection

noun

A state of mind or attitude

Usage examples:

It’s very important to play the game in the right spirit., rock music in the 1960s expressed the sp…

noun

A ghost.

Usage examples:

Judge steve evans takes on these unspooky spooks and non-existent ghosts - and he doesn't mind one …

verb

Frighten; unnerve.

Usage examples:

They spooked a couple of grizzly bears

verb

Colour slightly.

Usage examples:

A mass of white blossom tinged with pink

noun

A trace of a colour.

Usage examples:

There was a faint pink tinge to the sky

noun

A shade or variety of a colour.

Usage examples:

The sky was taking on an apricot tint

verb

Colour (something) slightly; tinge.

Usage examples:

Her skin was tinted with delicate colour

verb

To color something slightly

Usage examples:

Here, the ocean is gray with a blue tint.

noun

A musical or vocal sound with reference to its pitch, quality, and strength.

Usage examples:

They were speaking in hushed tones

verb

Give greater strength or firmness to (the body or a muscle).

Usage examples:

Push-ups help tone your abs

noun

A person of a specified kind.

Usage examples:

He always was an unlucky wight

proper noun

A shipping forecast area covering the english channel roughly between the strait of dover and the meridian of poole.

noun

A ghost, or a dead person who has come back to life

noun

A ghost or ghostlike image of someone, especially one seen shortly before or after their death.

Usage examples:

In keeping with the batman myth established in the 30's comics, wayne senior is killed in a random …

noun

A spirit of a dead person, sometimes represented as a pale, transparent image of that person

Usage examples:

He watched the misty wraiths of moisture making patterns on the window pane., her wraith of a voice…