Shade

shād, n. partial darkne : interception of light: obscurity: a shady place: protection: shelter: a screen: degree of colour: a very minute change: ( paint. ) the dark part of a picture: the soul separated from the body: a ghost: ( obs. , poet. ) a bodily shadow: ( pl. ) the departed spirits, or their unseen abode, Hades.— v.t. to screen from light or heat: to shelter: to mark with gradations of colour: to darken: ( Spens. ) to foreshadow, represent.— adjs. Shā′ded , marked with gradations of colour: sheltered; Shade′ful , shady; Shade′le , without shade.— n. Shā′der .— adv. Shā′dily .— ns. Shā′dine ; Shā′ding , the act of making a shade: the effect of light and shade, as in a picture; Shā′ding-pen , a pen with a broad flat nib.— adj. Shā′dy , having, or in, shade: sheltered from light or heat: ( coll. ) not fit to bear the light, of dubious honesty or morality. [A.S. sceadu — scead , shade.]