Definitions For Shade
noun
- A protective ornamental covering for a lamp, used to screen a light bulb from direct view
- Protective covering that protects something from direct sunlight
- A representation of the effect of shadows in a picture or drawing (as by shading or darker pigment)
- A quality of a given color that differs slightly from another color
- A mental representation of some haunting experience
- A subtle difference in meaning or opinion or attitude
- A slight amount or degree of difference
- A position of relative inferiority
- Relative darkness caused by light rays being intercepted by an opaque body
- An area of slight darkness that is produced when something blocks the light of the sun
- Something that is used to block strong light
- A darkened area in a drawing, painting, etc.
verb
- Pass from one quality such as color to another by a slight degree
- Vary slightly
- Protect from light, heat, or view
- Represent the effect of shade or shadow on
- Cast a shadow over
- To shelter (something) from strong light and especially from sunlight
- To make an area in a drawing, on a graph, etc., darker than other areas
- To change (something, such as the truth) slightly in order to deceive people
Is Shade a Scrabble Word?
Words With Friends
YES
Scrabble US
YES
Scrabble UK
YES
English International (SOWPODS)
YES
Scrabble Global
YES
Enable1 Dictionary
YES
Points in Different Games
Scrabble
9
Words with Friends
8
The word Shade is worth 9 points in Scrabble and 8 points in Words with Friends
Examples of Shade in a Sentence
- The buildings cast shade on the plaza.
- The tree provided plenty of shade.
- These plants grow well in shade.
- Several large trees shade the house.
- She shaded the drawing to give it depth.
- The shaded part of the graph represents the amount of sales.