Shade

shad, n. Comparative obscurity owing to in- terception of the rays of light dimne gloom darkne ; obscurity; an obscure place; a secluded retreat; protection; shelter; cover; a screen; something that intercepts light or heat; shelter from the direct light of the sun, etc. a shadow the soul, after separation from the body: a spirit; ghost. (Paint.) The darker portion of a picture. Degree or variation of color, as darker or lighter a very minute difference; degree. — v. To shelter or screen by intercepting the rays of light to cover from injury, protect, screen; to overspread with darkne ' or Obscurity to obscure to paint in obscure colors, darken; to mark with gradations of light or color. [AS. scsed, = shade, sceadu = shadow, D. schaduw, Goth, skadus, and Ga. sgath, Skr. chhaya, shade, shadow, Gr. skotos, skotia, darkne , gloom; sun, cube, full; moon, fdot cow, oil; SHALL sky, shed.] — Shad'er, n—Shad'y, a. [-IEE; -iesi'j. Abounding with shade or shades; overspread witii shade; sheltered from the glare of light or sultrv heat. — Shad'ine , n. — Shad'ow, shad'o, n. Shade within defined limits, representing the form of a body which intercepts the rays of light; darkne ; shade; obscurity: obscure place; secluded retreat; shelter; the le illuminated part of a picture; that which follows or attends a person or thin-, like a shadow; an imperfect and faint represents' umbra tion indistinct image mystical representation type something unsubstantial phantom mockery. — v.t. (shadowed (-od),-owixo.] To cut off light from, put in shade, shade; to protect, screen from danger; to paint in obscure colors; to mark with slight gradations of color or light: to shade; to represent faintly or imperfectly; to adumbrate: to represent typically; to cloud, darken; to attend as closely as a shadow esp., to follow and watch secretly; to follow exactly.— Shad'owy, -o-i, a. Full of shade; serving to shade; dark: obscure; gloomy; faintly light; faintly representative; typical; unsubstantial unreal.