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  • 1Shade (comics) — Superherobox| caption=The Shade on the cover of Starman #6 (1995). Art by Tony Harris. comic color=background:#8080ff character name=The Shade real name=Richard Swift publisher=DC Comics debut= Flash Comics #33 creators= E E Hibbard/James… …

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  • 2shade — n 1 Shade, shadow, umbrage, umbra, penumbra, adumbration can mean the comparative darkness caused by something which intercepts rays of light. Shade carries no implication of a darkness that has a particular form or definite limit but the term… …

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  • 3Shadow — Shad ow (sh[a^]d [ o]), n. [Originally the same word as shade. [root]162. See {Shade}.] 1. Shade within defined limits; obscurity or deprivation of light, apparent on a surface, and representing the form of the body which intercepts the rays of… …

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  • 4Shadow of death — Shadow Shad ow (sh[a^]d [ o]), n. [Originally the same word as shade. [root]162. See {Shade}.] 1. Shade within defined limits; obscurity or deprivation of light, apparent on a surface, and representing the form of the body which intercepts the… …

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  • 5Shade — (sh[=a]d), n. [OE. shade, shadewe, schadewe, AS. sceadu, scead; akin to OS. skado, D. schaduw, OHG. scato, (gen. scatewes), G. schatten, Goth. skadus, Ir. & Gael. sgath, and probably to Gr. sko tos darkness. [root]162. Cf. {Shadow}, {Shed} a… …

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  • 6shade — or lamp shade [shād] n. [ME schade < OE sceadu (gen. & dat. sceadwe), akin to Goth skadus < IE base * skot , darkness, shadow > Gr skotos, darkness] 1. comparative darkness caused by a more or less opaque object cutting off rays of light …

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  • 7shadow - shade — ◊ shadow A shadow is a dark shape made on a surface when something stands between a light and the surface. My shadow looked very long and thin. If a place is dark because something prevents light from reaching it, you can say that it is in shadow …

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  • 8shade — [n1] dimness adumbration, blackness, coolness, cover, darkness, dusk, gloominess, obscuration, obscurity, penumbra, screen, semidarkness, shadiness, shadow, shadows, umbra, umbrage; concept 620 Ant. brightness, light shade [n2] blind, shield… …

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  • 9Shade (disambiguation) — Shade commonly refers to the shadow cast when something obscures light (specifically sunlight outdoors, as in the shade of a tree ). It can also mean:* A shade, a mixture of a color with black * Shading, a process used in art and graphic design * …

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  • 10Shadow — Shad ow, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Shadowed}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Shadowing}.] [OE. shadowen, AS. sceadwian. See {adow}, n.] 1. To cut off light from; to put in shade; to shade; to throw a shadow upon; to overspead with obscurity. [1913 Webster] The… …

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