shade
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Noun[change]

- The shade is the darker place under a tree or other thing, where the sun is not shining.
- She rested in the shade of the tree because she felt hot.
- (countable) A shade is the slight difference between colors.
Verb[change]
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- (transitive) If something is shaded, it is shielded from light.
- The old tree shaded the animals from the sun.
- (intransitive) If something is shading, it is approaching something slightly.
- (transitive) If you shade something in a drawing, you darken it.
- Mary started shading in the outlines of the house in her drawing.