shades is a form of:
Shade
noun
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- ~ (from something) (a herring saltwater food fish that lays eggs in fresh water and is commonly found along the Atlantic coast of the United States) ឆាយា, ស្រមោល់
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- (បច្ចេកទេស) ការយល់ខុសគ្នាបន្តិចបន្តួច, ម្លប់, ភាពងងឹត, ចំនួនតិចតួច
adjective
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- ដែលម្លប់
verb — past tense: shaded ; past participle: shaded ; present participle: shading ;
- 1.
- បាំង, ធ្វើអោយស្រអាប់
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- (INTRANSITIVE) (To change slightly or by degrees) ផ្លាស់បន្ដិចម្ដងៗ (ពណ៌ពន្លឺ ។ល។)
Example: Sit in the shade, in the shade of a tree, Lampshade, eyeshade, Light and shade, Wrong shade of green, All shades of opinion, Shade one's eyes, A word may have many shades of meaning.
ENGLISH MEANING
noun
- 1.
- 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.
- 2.
- Darkness; obscurity; -- often in the plural.
- 3.
- An obscure place; a spot not exposed to light; hence, a secluded retreat.
- 4.
- 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.
- 5.
- The soul after its separation from the body; -- so called because the ancients it to be perceptible to the sight, though not to the touch; a spirit; a ghost; as, the shades of departed heroes.
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- The darker portion of a picture; a less illuminated part.
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- Degree or variation of color, as darker or lighter, stronger or paler; as, a delicate shade of pink.
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- A minute difference or variation, as of thought, belief, expression, etc.; also, the quality or degree of anything which is distinguished from others similar by slight differences; as, the shades of meaning in synonyms.
verb — past tense: shaded ; past participle: shaded ; present participle: shading ;
- 1.
- (TRANSITIVE) To shelter or screen by intercepting the rays of light; to keep off illumination from.
- 2.
- (TRANSITIVE) To shelter; to cover from injury; to protect; to screen; to hide; as, to shade one's eyes.
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- (TRANSITIVE) To obscure; to dim the brightness of.
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- (TRANSITIVE) To pain in obscure colors; to darken.
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- (TRANSITIVE) To mark with gradations of light or color.
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- (TRANSITIVE) To present a shadow or image of; to shadow forth; to represent.
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- To undergo or exhibit minute difference or variation, as of color, meaning, expression, etc.; to pass by slight changes; -- used chiefly with a preposition, as into, away, off.
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- Shadow