shade

«shade» in Mova's school dictionary: an area where the sunlight is blocked, so it is cooler… — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 5 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

part of speech

noun (shade, uncountable; a shade, shades); verb (shade, shades, shaded, shading)

meaning for a pupil

1) Shade is an area where the sunlight is blocked, so it is cooler and darker: sit in the shade. tree →

2) A shade is a lighter or darker kind of a colour: a shade of blue. tree →

3) A shade is something that blocks light, like a lampshade or a window shade (USA blind). tree →

4) To shade something means to protect it from light, or to colour in part of a picture or diagram. tree →

5) Shades (informal) are sunglasses. tree →

sense in the lessons

In health and safety lessons stay in the shade in the middle of the day when the sun is strongest, along with hat, sunscreen and water (Slip, Slop, Slap in Australia and New Zealand). In art and maths, shading parts of a shape shows fractions: shade 3 of 4 squares to show three quarters. In science trees give shade and keep places cooler. Phrases: in the shade, shade of colour, shade your eyes, lampshade, put in the shade (make look worse).

examples

• Let's sit in the shade of that big tree. tree →
• Play in the shade when the sun is hottest. tree →
• Shade one half of the circle. tree →
• Her dress is a lovely shade of green. tree →
• He shaded his eyes from the sun with his hand. tree →
• The new lampshade makes the room cosy. tree →
• Shade the squares to show two fifths. tree →
• Dogs need shade and water on hot days. tree →
• It was very pleasant in the cool shade. tree →

note

«Shade» (an area out of the sun, often pleasant) and «shadow» (the dark shape made when something blocks light) are different: you sit in the shade; your body casts a shadow. In maths problems «shade three quarters» means colour in 3 of 4 equal parts.

In the corpora

• Adding white to a colour makes a lighter tint, and adding black makes a darker shade.
• Crocodiles cannot sweat, so they lie with their mouths open to let heat out and go into water or shade.
• Serengeti lions rest on rocky outcrops called kopjes, which give them shade, a lookout and safe dens for cubs.
• Pale pigs can get sunburnt like fair-skinned people, so farmers sometimes give them shade or sun cream.
• Cactus spines are leaves turned into spikes that guard the water inside and give a little shade.

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «shade» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.