shade

Definition of shade in English English dictionary: A variety of a colour/color, in particular one obtained by adding black (compare tint)
I've painted my room in five lovely shades of pink and chartreuse.; When a defensive player moves slightly from his normal fielding position
Jones will shade a little to the right on this pitch count.; To vary slightly, particularly in color
The hillside was bright green, shading towards gold in the drier areas.; Something that blocks light, particularly in a window
Close the shade, please, it's too bright in here.; A postage stamp showing an obvious difference in colour/color to the original printing and needing a separate catalogue/catalog entry; To alter slightly
Most politicians will shade the truth if it helps them.; To darken, particularly in drawing
I draw contours first, gradually shading in midtones and shadows.; A ghost
Too long have I been haunted by that shade.; A subtle variation in a concept
shades of meaning.; To shield from light
The old oak tree shaded the lawn in the heat of the day.; A creature that is partially human and partially angel
He was attacked by a Shade.; Darkness where light, particularly sunlight, is blocked
The old oak tree gave shade in the heat of the day.; {v} to cover from light or heat, protect, shelter, screen, hide, paint in obscure colors; {n} a shadow, shelter, screen, cool, darkness, likeness, soul in a state of separation, ghost; Color with black added to it; To mark with gradations of light or color; An obscure place; a spot not exposed to light; hence, a secluded retreat; The decorative and often reflective glass or metal appurtenance generally placed above and external to the burner and chimney assembly In some cases the shade also served as a chimney, as in the case of Night Lamp "chimney shades" and with items like the Ives Illuminator, a clear glass shade support designed to eliminate the chimney all together; A hue with an admixture of white, black or grey; relative darkness caused by light rays being intercepted by an opaque body; "it is much cooler in the shade"; "there's too much shadiness to take good photographs"; To pain in obscure colors; to darken; to pass by slight changes; used chiefly with a preposition, as into, away, off; a representation of the effect of shade in a picture or drawing (as by shading or darker pigment) a quality of a given color that differs slightly from a primary color; "after several trials he mixed the shade of pink that she wanted"; Degree or variation of color, as darker or lighter, stronger or paler; as, a delicate shade of pink; a subtle difference in meaning or opinion or attitude; "without understanding the finer nuances you can't enjoy the humor"; "don't argue about shades of meaning"; a slight amount or degree of difference; "a tad too expensive"; "not a tad of difference"; "the new model is a shade better than the old one"; represent the effect of shade or shadow on; a representation of the effect of shade in a picture or drawing (as by shading or darker pigment); a mental representation of some haunting experience; "he looked like he had seen a ghost"; "it aroused specters from his past"; A shade is a piece of stiff cloth or heavy paper that you can pull down over a window as a covering. Nancy left the shades down and the lights off. = blind see also shaded, shading; An opaque or translucent covering added to fixtures and lamps to enhance the decoration, shield the light source and/or direct the light; A colour that has been darkened by the addition of black or a darker colour - e g , adding black to green makes a darker shade of green; The shades of something abstract are its many, slightly different forms. the capacity to convey subtle shades of meaning; A shade of a particular colour is one of its different forms. For example, emerald green and olive green are shades of green. The walls were painted in two shades of green. new eyeshadows in a choice of 80 shades; That which intercepts, or shelters from, light or the direct rays of the sun; hence, also, that which protects from heat or currents of air; a screen; protection; shelter; cover; as, a lamp shade; If you say that a place or person is shaded by objects such as trees, you mean that the place or person cannot be reached, harmed, or bothered by strong sunlight because those objects are in the way. a health resort whose beaches are shaded by palm trees Umbrellas shade outdoor cafes along winding cobblestone streets; Darkness; obscurity; often in the plural; a quality of a given color that differs slightly from a primary color; "after several trials he mixed the shade of pink that she wanted"; {f} cast a shadow upon; dim, darken; screen, hide from view; protect from light; cover with a shade; add shading to; change gradually, change in small degrees; A color that has been darkened by the addition of black or a darker color - e g , adding black to green makes a darker shade of green; The degree to a color, as a dark green Also, the act of changing the tone or degree of a color by adding small quantities of other colors to it; To present a shadow or image of; to shadow forth; to represent; A defect in engine turning caused by either an incorrectly moved arc tangent screw, most often occurring on gently curving surfaces cut by inexperienced people, or more often caused by deteriation of the edge or even loss of the tip of the tool as a result of impurities, faults, cracks or grit in the metal Distinguishing which is which is easy with a 10 power loop Very often the exact place where the tool broke can be pinpointed Shades always follow the direction of cut; a color darkened by adding black to it; a degree of color gradation; 1, above; The darker portion of a picture; a less illuminated part; cast a shadow over; A minute difference or variation, as of thought, belief, expression, etc; The minor variation commonly found in any basic colour Shades may be accorded catalogue status when they are very distinctive; also, the quality or degree of anything which is distinguished from others similar by slight differences; as, the shades of meaning in synonyms; protective covering that protects something from direct sunlight; "they used umbrellas as shades"; "as the sun moved he readjusted the shade" a representation of the effect of shade in a picture or drawing (as by shading or darker pigment) a quality of a given color that differs slightly from a primary color; "after several trials he mixed the shade of pink that she wanted" a position of relative inferiority; "an achievement that puts everything else in the shade"; "his brother's success left him in the shade" relative darkness caused by light rays being intercepted by an opaque body; "it is much cooler in the shade"; "there's too much shadiness to take good photographs" protect from light, heat, or view; "Shade your eyes when you step out into the bright sunlight" represent the effect of shade or shadow on; A shade is created when black is added to a color It is a darker variant of a color; If something shades into something else, there is no clear division between the two things, so that you cannot tell where or when the first thing ends and the second thing begins. As the dusk shaded into night, we drove slowly through narrow alleys; To put someone or something in the shade means to be so impressive that the person or thing seems unimportant by comparison. a run that put every other hurdler's performance in the shade; To undergo or exhibit minute difference or variation, as of color, meaning, expression, etc; protective covering that protects something from direct sunlight; "they used umbrellas as shades"; "as the sun moved he readjusted the shade"; Shades are sunglasses; Another name for hue, obtained by adding black to the dye; Color + Black; If you shade your eyes, you put your hand or an object partly in front of your face in order to prevent a bright light from shining into your eyes. You can't look directly into it; you've got to shade your eyes or close them altogether = shield; a darkened color made by adding black to a hue; A shade is the same as a lampshade; Shade is darkness or shadows as they are shown in a picture. Rembrandt's skilful use of light and shade to create the atmosphere of movement. light; To shelter or screen by intercepting the rays of light; to keep off illumination from; Hue made darker by the addition of black, as compared to tint; Shade is an area of darkness under or next to an object such as a tree, where sunlight does not reach. Temperatures in the shade can reach forty-eight degrees celsius at this time of year exotic trees provide welcome shade; To shelter; to cover from injury; to protect; to screen; to hide; as, to shade one's eyes; To obscure; to dim the brightness of; A color produced by adding black to a pigment; Comparative obscurity owing to interception or interruption of the rays of light; partial darkness caused by the intervention of something between the space contemplated and the source of light
shade horsetail: A plant in the taxonomic genus Equisetum (horsetails); Equisetum pratense
shade horsetails: plural form of shade horsetail
shade of: bit of, small amount of -
shade of slander: bit of slander, hint of defamation, shade of libel
shade temperature: temperature that is measured out of the sun (in an area that is shady)
shade tree: A tree planted chiefly to provide shade from sunlight
shade tree: tree that provides shade, tree with leaves that is used for shade against the sun
shade tree: a tree planted or valued chiefly for its shade from sunlight
made in the shade: In a condition characterized by comfort, success, easy living, or general well-being
Courtnall has it made in the shade now, big money, owns restaurants and a spiffy log cabin on a cliff over the crashing ocean.
shaded: Simple past tense and past participle of shade
shadeless: Without shades of colour
shadeless: Without shade: exposed, not sheltered from the sun
shader: One who, or that which, shades
shader: A set of software instructions used to calculate rendering effects on graphics hardware
shades: sunglasses, sun-glasses
His shades are by some famous designer.
shades: plural form of shade
shades: Third-person singular simple present indicative form of shade
night shade: {n} the name of many plants, some of them poisonous
shader: (Bilgisayar) In the field of computer graphics, a shader is a set of software instructions which is used primarily to calculate rendering effects on graphics hardware with a high degree of flexibility
shades: sun glasses
I like your shades, you look cool.
ROMAN SHADE: a tailored, fabric window shade that hangs as a flat panel and is raised by cords to fold accordion-style
ROMAN SHADE: A flat fabric shade which folds into neat horizontal pleats when it is raised
ROMAN SHADE: A tailored fabric window shade that folds sideways
ROMAN SHADE: As the shade is raised the material forms accordion pleats Return to Top
ROMAN SHADE: A flat fabric shade that folds into neat horizontal pleats when it is raised
eye-shade: visor of colored plastic used to protect the eyes from the glare of the sun
full shade: shaded area that gets no light
in the shade: in the shelter from the sun, in the shadow, in the darkness
lamp shade: a protective ornamental shade used to screen a light bulb from direct view
light and shade: two opposed things (i.e. good and bad, pros and cons, successes and failures)
live in the shade: lead a modest lifestyle; live in a place protected from the sun
shaded: protected from heat and light with shade or shadow; "shaded avenues"; "o'er the shaded billows rushed the night"- Alexander Pope (of pictures or drawings) drawn or painted with degrees or gradations of shadow; "the shaded areas of the face seemed to recede
shaded: Being in the shade, not in direct light
shaded: {s} sheltered from sunshine; covered with a shade; partly concealed as if by a shadow; darkened, dimmed; colored to represent gradation of shades
shaded: A shaded area on something such as a map is one that is coloured darker than the surrounding areas, so that it can be distinguished from them
shaded: Simple past and past participle of shade
shadeless: in a picture or a drawing
shadeless: That filling up which represents the effect of more or less darkness, expressing rotundity, projection, etc
shadeless: Being without shade; not shaded
shadeless: Act or process of making a shade
shadeless: {s} lacking shade, lacking shadow, not protected from light; not having a shade
shadeless: In a shady manner
shadeless: A machine, resembling a well sweep, used in Egypt for raising water from the Nile for irrigation
shadeless: Quality or state of being shady
shadeless: One who, or that which, shades
shadeless: Full of shade; shady
shadeless: Shade within defined limits; obscurity or deprivation of light, apparent on a surface, and representin
shader: To be consistent with the mental ray documentation, this document uses the terms "shader" and "subshader" However, in the SPDL world, everything is a phenomenon A phenomenon can be a single shader or a group of connected
shader: A procedural plug-in, loaded into the mental ray rendering software in the form of a shader library, that defines the surfaces of objects in a certain way Originally, shaders computed only surface shading, but the term stuck as new types of shaders were invented that had nothing to do with shading Shaders are grouped as the following types: contour, displacement, environment, lens, light, light photon, output, photon, shadow, surface, texture, volume, and volume photon
shader: A Shader specifies how a rendered triangle is to be coloured and lit class, P03, P04
shader: In a shady manner
shader: A texture ( jpg or tga) with an effect applied to it, like transparency, scroll, ripple or light emitting These or other properties are created in a shader script
shader: {i} thing which blocks or filters light; thing which darkens, thing which casts a shadow
shader: Being without shade; not shaded
shader: A shader defines the final surface properties of an object For example, a shader can define the color, reflectivity, and transluscency of a surface
shader: Quality or state of being shady
shader: in a picture or a drawing
shader: Shade within defined limits; obscurity or deprivation of light, apparent on a surface, and representin
shader: That filling up which represents the effect of more or less darkness, expressing rotundity, projection, etc
shader: A machine, resembling a well sweep, used in Egypt for raising water from the Nile for irrigation
shader: Act or process of making a shade
shader: Full of shade; shady
shades: {i} (Slang) sunglasses
shades: third person singular form of shade
shades: spectacles that are darkened or polarized to protect the eyes from the glare of the sun; "he was wearing a pair of mirrored shades"
shades: Retractable covers that shield the track from sunlight and sometimes from snow between runs
shades: are window coverings that are made of material, which can be permanently pleated, like that of a cellular or pleated shade, or can be a drapery fabric like that of a roman shade Shades are drawn up and stacked at the top of the window Shades can be raised to allow more light into a room and then lowered to afford more privacy They can be stopped at different intervals on the window, and still maintain a neat, finished look
shading: In a shady manner
shading: The technique of giving the illusion of depth to a surface by varying the color of the polygons which make up that surface
shading: in a picture or a drawing
shading: {i} nuance, slight variation; markings used in a drawing to represent varying degrees of light and darkness
shading: A change in the appearance of a carpet due to localized distortions in the orientation of the fibers, tufts or loops Shading is not a change in color or hue, but a difference in light reflection
shading: A technique used to prevent light from the enlarger reaching certain parts of the printing paper so that the exposure can be modified locally
shading: One who, or that which, shades
shading: graded markings that indicate light or shaded areas in a drawing or painting
shading: Apparent color shade differences between areas of the same carpet caused by normal wear and/or random difference in pile lay direction It is a characteristic of cut pile carpet It is not a manufacturing defect
shading: This is the art of representing the third dimension of your subject by emphasizing the contrast of illuminated form with dark regions In a portrait study, it relies on keen observation of the light shapes and dark shapes on the face of your subject It is also important to truly represent the edge-line where light and dark shapes share a line Shading is the secret we use to represent a three-dimensional subject on a two-dimensional surface your sketch pad
shading: An effect that can sometimes appear along the seams of no patterned or textured wallcoverings due to heavier ink coverage at one edge than the other during printing
shading: A machine, resembling a well sweep, used in Egypt for raising water from the Nile for irrigation
shading: Shading is the process of determining how the light reflects from an object depending on its shape, orientation, and location with respect to the light source(s) Aladdin employs Faceted, Gouraud, and Phong shading processes, as determined by the user
shading: Slight differences in shingle color that may occur as a result of normal manufacturing operations
shading: background color or pattern of a table
shading: Shading is a change in pile direction that results in an apparent change in color due to the light reflecting in different ways Solid color cut-pile carpets will exhibit this more often than textured or patterned carpets This is normal Severe cases of shading are also known as pooling or watermarking This results in a permanent pile reversal that occurs after installation It has no known cause and is usually confined to only certain areas of an installation Pooling or watermarking is not considered a manufacturing defect
shading: Being without shade; not shaded
shading: Quality or state of being shady
shading: (v) A rendering technique simulating the effect of light on the surface of an object The angular relationship between the light and the surface results in a variance in the value (darkness/lightness) of the surface Abrupt changes in value typically indicate an edge between surfaces (faces)
shading: Shading is the protection from heat gains because of direct solar radiation by permanently attached exterior devices or building elements, interior shading devices, glazing material, or adherent materials Permanently attached means (a) attached with fasteners that require additional tools to remove (as opposed to clips, hooks, latches, snaps, or ties); (b) required by the UBC for emergency egress to be removable from the interior without the use of tools
shading: a gradation involving small or imperceptible differences between grades
shading: Act or process of making a shade
shading: A tessellation can be visualized in shaded mode This mode is a method for visualizing the point data and getting an impression of its quality
shading: present participle of shade
shading: a gradation involving small or imperceptible differences between grades graded markings that indicate light or shaded areas in a drawing or painting Full of shade; shady
shading: The use of lines or other marks to represent relief or depth in drawing or painting
shading: slight differences in surfacing color, such as shingle granule coloring, that may occur as a result of manufacturing operations
shading: Sometimes referred to as surfacing, this is the process of assigning values to the surfaces of objects These values generally control how the surface interacts with light in the scene to create the object's color, specularity (highlights), reflective qualities, transparency, and, if the surface is at all transparent, refraction Basically, shading controls those qualities that suggest the material that an object is made of, whether wood, plastic, or metal Most sophisticated shading techniques provide smooth transitions on curved objects and let objects cast shadows
shading: Using different shades of the same colour to create an impression of 3D Shading is used to exaggerate the natural shadows and highlights created by the figure's shape, and thereby compensate for its small size It consists of highlighting and shadowing
shading: 1. Shading is material such as nets or dark paint that provide shade, especially for plants. The conservatory will get very hot in summer unless shading is used. see also shade
shading: That filling up which represents the effect of more or less darkness, expressing rotundity, projection, etc
shading: Heavier ink coverage on one side of the strip than the other which can increase the visibility of seams of textured wallpaper Reversing each strip can reduce the impact of shading Dark edges will thus butt to dark edges and light to light minimizing the shading
shading: In computer graphics, emphasizing a given display by changing the attributes of all other display groups in the same display fields
shading: A change in the appearance of a carpet due to distortions in the orientation of fibers, tufts or loops that make up the carpet pile This is not an actual change in the color of the carpet, but a difference in light reflection
shading: staining operation carried out on sanded base coat, in order to harmonize the color and to hide oversanded areas
shading: Shading is a modification of a color that is made by adding complementary colors or small amounts of black
shading: Shade within defined limits; obscurity or deprivation of light, apparent on a surface, and representin
shading: Image degradation in RBV due to the fact that the voltage response to the same range of input radiance at some point off- axis in the RBV may be different from the on-axis response
shading: Shading is a Word option that lets you apply varying degrees of grayness as well as patterns to the backgrounds of selected text
throw into the shade: place in the shade, place in a location that is protected from the sun
window shade: an opaque window blind that can cover or uncover a window
window shade: A window shade is a piece of stiff cloth or heavy paper that you can pull down over a window as a covering. = shade. An opaque fabric mounted to cover or expose a window. (1)