shade

shade
{{11}}shade (n.) O.E. sceadu "shade, shadow, darkness," also "shady place, protection from glare or heat," from P.Gmc. *skadwo (Cf. O.S. skado, M.Du. scade, Du. schaduw, O.H.G. scato, Ger. Schatten, Goth. skadus), from PIE *skotwa, from root *skot- "dark, shade" (Cf. Gk. skotos "darkness," Alb. kot "darkness," O.Ir. scath, O.Welsh scod, Bret. squeut "darkness"). Meaning "grade of color" first recorded 1680s (Cf. Fr. nuance, from nue "cloud"). Meaning "ghost" is from 1610s. Sense of "window blind" first recorded 1867, American English.
{{12}}shade (v.) "to screen from light or heat," c.1400, from SHADE (Cf. shade) (n.). Related: Shaded; shading.

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  • Shade — Shade, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Shaded}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Shading}.] 1. To shelter or screen by intercepting the rays of light; to keep off illumination from. Milton. [1913 Webster] I went to crop the sylvan scenes, And shade our altars with their… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

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