Word Meaning

Meaning of "shades" and the crossword clue

- Awning
- Cut off the sun's light
- dark area out of the sun
- Heads out to find shelter from the sun
- Lamp cover
- Light shield
- Pale or dark hue
- Relative darkness
- Screen from light
- Screen from sun
- Screen from the sun
- Spook
- Tint
- Colours suggested for sunglasses
- Groovy sunglasses
- Slang word for sunglasses
- Sunglasses
- Tones
- 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.
- Darkness; obscurity; -- often in the plural.
- An obscure place; a spot not exposed to light; hence, a secluded retreat.
- 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.
- Shadow.
- 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.
- The darker portion of a picture; a less illuminated part. See Def. 1, above.
- Degree or variation of color, as darker or lighter, stronger or paler; as, a delicate shade of pink.
- 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.
- To shelter or screen by intercepting the rays of light; to keep off illumination from.
- To shelter; to cover from injury; to protect; to screen; to hide; as, to shade one's eyes.
- To obscure; to dim the brightness of.
- To pain in obscure colors; to darken.
- To mark with gradations of light or color.
- To present a shadow or image of; to shadow forth; to represent.