Shade (n.) 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.
Shaded (imp. & p. p.) of Shade
Shading (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Shade
Shade (v. t.) To shelter or screen by intercepting the rays of light; to keep off illumination from.
Shade (v. t.) To shelter; to cover from injury; to protect; to screen; to hide; as, to shade one's eyes.
Shade (v. t.) To obscure; to dim the brightness of.
Shade (v. t.) To pain in obscure colors; to darken.
Shade (v. t.) To mark with gradations of light or color.
Shade (v. t.) To present a shadow or image of; to shadow forth; to represent.
Shadeful (a.) Full of shade; shady.
Shadeless (a.) Being without shade; not shaded.
Shader (n.) One who, or that which, shades.
Shadily (adv.) In a shady manner.
Shadiness (n.) Quality or state of being shady.
Shading (n.) Act or process of making a shade.
Shading (n.) That filling up which represents the effect of more or less darkness, expressing rotundity, projection, etc., in a picture or a drawing.
Shadoof (n.) A machine, resembling a well sweep, used in Egypt for raising water from the Nile for irrigation.
Shadow (n.) 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 light; as, the shadow of a man, of a tree, or of a tower. See the Note under Shade, n., 1.
Shadow (n.) Darkness; shade; obscurity.
Shadow (n.) A shaded place; shelter; protection; security.
Shadow (n.) A reflected image, as in a mirror or in water.
Shadow (n.) That which follows or attends a person or thing like a shadow; an inseparable companion; hence, an obsequious follower.
Shadow (n.) A spirit; a ghost; a shade; a phantom.
Shadow (n.) An imperfect and faint representation; adumbration; indistinct image; dim bodying forth; hence, mystical representation; type.
Shadow (n.) A small degree; a shade.
Shadow (n.) An uninvited guest coming with one who is invited.
Shadowed (imp. & p. p.) of Shadow
Shadowing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Shadow
Shadow (n.) To cut off light from; to put in shade; to shade; to throw a shadow upon; to overspead with obscurity.
Shadow (n.) To conceal; to hide; to screen.
Shadow (n.) To protect; to shelter from danger; to shroud.
Shadow (n.) To mark with gradations of light or color; to shade.
Shadow (n.) To represent faintly or imperfectly; to adumbrate; hence, to represent typically.
Shadow (n.) To cloud; to darken; to cast a gloom over.
Shadow (n.) To attend as closely as a shadow; to follow and watch closely, especially in a secret or unobserved manner; as, a detective shadows a criminal.
Shadowiness (n.) The quality or state of being shadowy.
Shadowing (n.) Shade, or gradation of light and color; shading.
Shadowing (n.) A faint representation; an adumbration.
Shadowish (a.) Shadowy; vague.
Shadowless (a.) Having no shadow.
Shadowy (a.) Full of shade or shadows; causing shade or shadow.
Shadowy (a.) Hence, dark; obscure; gloomy; dim.
Shadowy (a.) Not brightly luminous; faintly light.
Shadowy (a.) Faintly representative; hence, typical.
Shadowy (a.) Unsubstantial; unreal; as, shadowy honor.
Shadrach (n.) A mass of iron on which the operation of smelting has failed of its intended effect; -- so called from Shadrach, one of the three Hebrews who came forth unharmed from the fiery furnace of Nebuchadnezzar. (See Dan. iii. 26, 27.)
Shad-spirit (n.) See Shadbird (a)
Shad-waiter (n.) A lake whitefish; the roundfish. See Roundfish.
Shady (superl.) Abounding in shade or shades; overspread with shade; causing shade.
Shady (superl.) Sheltered from the glare of light or sultry heat.
Shady (superl.) Of or pertaining to shade or darkness; hence, unfit to be seen or known; equivocal; dubious or corrupt.
Shaffle (v. i.) To hobble or limp; to shuffle.
Shaffler (n.) A hobbler; one who limps; a shuffer.
Shafiite (n.) A member of one of the four sects of the Sunnites, or Orthodox Mohammedans; -- so called from its founder, Mohammed al-Shafei.
Shaft (n.) The slender, smooth stem of an arrow; hence, an arrow.
Shaft (n.) The long handle of a spear or similar weapon; hence, the weapon itself; (Fig.) anything regarded as a shaft to be thrown or darted; as, shafts of light.
Shaft (n.) That which resembles in some degree the stem or handle of an arrow or a spear; a long, slender part, especially when cylindrical.
Shaft (n.) The trunk, stem, or stalk of a plant.
Shaft (n.) The stem or midrib of a feather.
Shaft (n.) The pole, or tongue, of a vehicle; also, a thill.
Shaft (n.) The part of a candlestick which supports its branches.
Shaft (n.) The handle or helve of certain tools, instruments, etc., as a hammer, a whip, etc.
Shaft (n.) A pole, especially a Maypole.
Shaft (n.) The body of a column; the cylindrical pillar between the capital and base (see Illust. of Column). Also, the part of a chimney above the roof. Also, the spire of a steeple.
Shaft (n.) A column, an obelisk, or other spire-shaped or columnar monument.
Shaft (n.) A rod at the end of a heddle.
Shaft (n.) A solid or hollow cylinder or bar, having one or more journals on which it rests and revolves, and intended to carry one or more wheels or other revolving parts and to transmit power or motion; as, the shaft of a steam engine.
Shaft (n.) A humming bird (Thaumastura cora) having two of the tail feathers next to the middle ones very long in the male; -- called also cora humming bird.
Shaft (n.) A well-like excavation in the earth, perpendicular or nearly so, made for reaching and raising ore, for raising water, etc.
Shaft (n.) A long passage for the admission or outlet of air; an air shaft.
Shaft (n.) The chamber of a blast furnace.
Shafted (a.) Furnished with a shaft, or with shafts; as, a shafted arch.
Shafted (a.) Having a shaft; -- applied to a spear when the head and the shaft are of different tinctures.
Shafting (n.) Shafts, collectivelly; a system of connected shafts for communicating motion.
Shaftman (n.) Alt. of Shaftment
Shaftment (n.) A measure of about six inches.
Shag (n.) Coarse hair or nap; rough, woolly hair.
Shag (n.) A kind of cloth having a long, coarse nap.
Shag (n.) A kind of prepared tobacco cut fine.
Shag (n.) Any species of cormorant.
Shag (a.) Hairy; shaggy.
Shagged (imp. & p. p.) of Shag
Shagging (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Shag
Shag (v. t.) To make hairy or shaggy; hence, to make rough.
Shagbark (n.) A rough-barked species of hickory (Carya alba), its nut. Called also shellbark. See Hickory.
Shagbark (n.) The West Indian Pithecolobium micradenium, a legiminous tree with a red coiled-up pod.
Shagebush (n.) A sackbut.
Shagged (a.) Shaggy; rough.
Shagginess (n.) The quality or state of being shaggy; roughness; shaggedness.
Shaggy (n.) Rough with long hair or wool.
Shaggy (n.) Rough; rugged; jaggy.
Shag-haired (a.) Having shaggy hair.
Shag-rag (n.) The unkempt and ragged part of the community.
Shagreen (v. t.) To chagrin.
Shagreen (n.) A kind of untanned leather prepared in Russia and the East, from the skins of horses, asses, and camels, and grained so as to be covered with small round granulations. This characteristic surface is produced by pressing small seeds into the grain or hair side when moist, and afterward, when dry, scraping off the roughness left between them, and then, by soaking, causing the portions of the skin which had been compressed or indented by the seeds to swell up into relief. It is used for covering small cases and boxes.
Shagreen (n.) The skin of various small sharks and other fishes when having small, rough, bony scales. The dogfishes of the genus Scyllium furnish a large part of that used in the arts.
Shagreen (a.) Alt. of Shagreened
Shagreened (a.) Made or covered with the leather called shagreen.
Shagreened (a.) Covered with rough scales or points like those on shagreen.
Shah (n.) The title of the supreme ruler in certain Eastern countries, especially Persia.