Webster's Unabridged Dictionary - Letter S - Page 60
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.
New shades and combinations of thought. -- De Quincey.
Every shade of religious and political opinion has its own headquarters. -- Macaulay.
{The Shades}, The Nether World; the supposed abode of souls after leaving the body.
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. -- Milton.
I went to crop the sylvan scenes, And shade our altars with their leafy greens. -- Dryden.
Shade (v. t.) To shelter; to cover from injury; to protect; to screen; to hide; as, to shade one's eyes.
Ere in our own house I do shade my head. -- Shak.
Shade (v. t.) To obscure; to dim the brightness of.
Thou shad'st The full blaze of thy beams. -- Milton.
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. [Obs.]
[The goddess] In her person cunningly did shade That part of Justice which is Equity. -- Spenser.
Shade (v. i.) To undergo or exhibit minute difference or variation, as of color, meaning, expression, etc.; to pass by slight changes; -- used chiefly with a preposition, as into, away, off.
This small group will be most conveniently treated with the emotional division, into which it shades. -- Edmund Gurney.
Shade (n.) Relative darkness caused by light rays being intercepted by an opaque body; "it is much cooler in the shade"; "there's too much shadiness to take good photographs" [syn: {shade}, {shadiness}, {shadowiness}].
Shade (n.) A quality of a given color that differs slightly from another color; "after several trials he mixed the shade of pink that she wanted" [syn: {shade}, {tint}, {tincture}, {tone}].
Shade (n.) Protective covering that protects something from direct sunlight; "they used umbrellas as shades"; "as the sun moved he readjusted the shade".
Shade (n.) A subtle difference in meaning or opinion or attitude; "without understanding the finer nuances you can't enjoy the humor"; "don't argue about shades of meaning" [syn: {nuance}, {nicety}, {shade}, {subtlety}, {refinement}].
Shade (n.) A position of relative inferiority; "an achievement that puts everything else in the shade"; "his brother's success left him in the shade".
Shade (n.) A slight amount or degree of difference; "a tad too expensive"; "not a tad of difference"; "the new model is a shade better than the old one" [syn: {tad}, {shade}].
Shade (n.) A mental representation of some haunting experience; "he looked like he had seen a ghost"; "it aroused specters from his past" [syn: {ghost}, {shade}, {spook}, {wraith}, {specter}, {spectre}].
Shade (n.) A representation of the effect of shadows in a picture or drawing (as by shading or darker pigment).
Shade (v.) Cast a shadow over [syn: {shadow}, {shade}, {shade off}].
Shade (v.) Represent the effect of shade or shadow on [syn: {shade}, {fill in}].
Shade (v.) Protect from light, heat, or view; "Shade your eyes when you step out into the bright sunlight".
Shade (v.) Vary slightly; "shade the meaning".
Shade (v.) Pass from one quality such as color to another by a slight degree; "the butterfly wings shade to yellow".
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.
Shadiness (n.) Relative darkness caused by light rays being intercepted by an opaque body; "it is much cooler in the shade"; "there's too much shadiness to take good photographs" [syn: {shade}, {shadiness}, {shadowiness}].
Shadiness (n.) Of questionable honesty or legality; "they acted with such obvious shadiness that they were instantly recognizable"; "the shadiness of their transactions".
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.
Shading (n.) Graded markings that indicate light or shaded areas in a drawing or painting.
Shading (n.) A gradation involving small or imperceptible differences between grades [syn: {shading}, {blending}].
Shadoof (n.) A machine,
resembling a well sweep, used in
Shadow (n.) 蔭；陰暗處 [U][the P]；影子 [C] 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.
Night's sable shadows from the ocean rise. -- Denham.
Shadow (n.) A shaded place; shelter; protection; security.
In secret shadow from the sunny ray, On a sweet bed of lilies softly laid. -- Spenser.
Shadow (n.) A reflected image, as in a mirror or in water. -- Shak.
Shadow (n.) That which follows or attends a person or thing like a shadow; an inseparable companion; hence, an obsequious follower.
Sin and her shadow Death. -- Milton.
Shadow (n.) A spirit; a ghost; a shade; a phantom. "Hence, horrible shadow!" -- Shak.
Shadow (n.) An imperfect and faint representation; adumbration; indistinct image; dim bodying forth; hence, mystical representation; type.
The law having a shadow of good things to come. -- Heb. x. 1.
[Types] and shadows of that destined seed. -- Milton.
Shadow (n.) A small degree; a shade. "No variableness, neither shadow of turning." -- James i. 17.
Shadow (n.) An uninvited guest coming with one who is invited. [A Latinism] -- Nares.
I must not have my board pastered with shadows That under other men's protection break in Without invitement. -- Massinger.
{Shadow of death}, Darkness or gloom like that caused by the presence or the impending of death. -- Ps. xxiii. 4.
Shadowed (imp. & p. p.) of Shadow.
Shadowing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Shadow.
Shadow (v. t.) 投陰影於；遮蔽，使變暗；使陰鬱 To cut off light from; to put in shade; to shade; to throw a shadow upon; to overspead with obscurity.
The warlike elf much wondered at this tree, So fair and great, that shadowed all the ground. -- Spenser.
Shadow (v. t.) To conceal; to hide; to screen. [R.]
Let every soldier hew him down a bough. And bear't before him; thereby shall we shadow The numbers of our host. -- Shak.
Shadow (v. t.) To protect; to shelter from danger; to shroud.
Shadowing their right under your wings of war. -- Shak.
Shadow (v. t.) To mark with gradations of light or color; to shade.
Shadow (v. t.) To represent faintly or imperfectly; to adumbrate; hence, to represent typically.
Augustus is shadowed in the person of [AE]neas. -- Dryden.
Shadow (v. t.) To cloud; to darken; to cast a gloom over.
The shadowed livery of the burnished sun. -- Shak.
Why sad? I must not see the face O love thus shadowed. -- Beau. & Fl.
Shadow (v. t.) 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.
Shadow (n.) Shade within clear boundaries.
Shadow (n.) An unilluminated area; "he moved off into the darkness" [syn: {darkness}, {dark}, {shadow}].
Shadow (n.) Something existing in perception only; "a ghostly apparition at midnight" [syn: {apparition}, {phantom}, {phantasm}, {phantasma}, {fantasm}, {shadow}].
Shadow (n.) A premonition of something adverse; "a shadow over his happiness".
Shadow (n.) An indication that something has been present; "there wasn't a trace of evidence for the claim"; "a tincture of condescension" [syn: {trace}, {vestige}, {tincture}, {shadow}].
Shadow (n.) Refuge from danger or observation; "he felt secure in his father's shadow".
Shadow (n.) A dominating and pervasive presence; "he received little recognition working in the shadow of his father".
Shadow (n.) A spy employed to follow someone and report their movements [syn: {tail}, {shadow}, {shadower}].
Shadow (n.) An inseparable companion; "the poor child was his mother's shadow".
Shadow (v.) Follow, usually without the person's knowledge; "The police are shadowing her".
Shadow (v.) Cast a shadow over [syn: {shadow}, {shade}, {shade off}].
Shadow (v.) (v. i.) 漸變；變陰暗，變朦朧；變陰鬱 Make appear small by comparison; "This year's debt dwarfs that of last year" [syn: {shadow}, {overshadow}, {dwarf}].
SHADOW, () A syntax-directed compiler written by Barnett and Futrelle in 1962. It was the predecessor to SNOBOL(?) [Sammet 1969, p. 448, 605]. (1995-01-16)
Shadow (n.) Used in Col. 2:17; Heb. 8:5; 10:1 to denote the typical relation of the Jewish to the Christian dispensation.
Shadow (n.) A dark figure or image cast on the ground or some surface by a body intercepting light.
Shadow (n.) Shade or comparative darkness, as in an area.
Shadow (v. t.) To overspread with shadow; shade.
Shadow (v. t.) To cast a gloom over; cloud.
// The incident shadowed their meeting.
Shadow (a.) （似）影子內閣的；非官方的；非正式的 Of or relating to a shadow cabinet.
Shadow (a.) Without official authority.
// A shadow government.
Shadowiness (n.) 有陰影；陰暗；朦朧 The quality or state of being shadowy.
Shadowiness (n.) Relative darkness caused by light rays being intercepted by an opaque body; "it is much cooler in the shade"; "there's too much shadiness to take good photographs" [syn: {shade}, {shadiness}, {shadowiness}].
Shadowing (n.) Shade, or gradation of light and color; shading. -- Feltham.
Shadowing (n.) A faint representation; an adumbration.
There are . . . in savage theology shadowings, quaint or majestic, of the conception of a Supreme Deity. -- Tylor.
Shadowing (n.) The act of following someone secretly [syn: {shadowing}, {tailing}].
Shadowish (a.) Shadowy; vague. [Obs.] -- Hooker.
Shadowless (a.) 沒有影子的 Having no shadow.
Shadowy (a.) 多蔭的；有陰影的；蔭涼的；幽暗的 [Z]；模糊的，朦朧的；難以捉摸的 Full of shade or shadows; causing shade or shadow. "Shadowy verdure." -- Fenton.
This shadowy desert, unfrequented woods. -- Shak.
Shadowy (a.) Hence, dark; obscure; gloomy; dim. "The shadowy past." -- Longfellow.
Shadowy (a.) Not brightly luminous; faintly light.
The moon . . . with more pleasing light, Shadowy sets off the face things. -- Milton.
Shadowy (a.) Faintly representative; hence, typical.
From shadowy types to truth, from flesh to spirit. -- Milton.
Shadowy (a.) Unsubstantial; unreal; as, shadowy honor.
Milton has brought into his poems two actors of a shadowy and fictitious nature, in the persons of Sin and Death. -- Addison.
Shadowy (a.) Filled with shade; "the shady side of the street"; "the surface of the pond is dark and shadowed"; "we sat on rocks in a shadowy cove"; "cool umbrageous woodlands" [syn: {shady}, {shadowed}, {shadowy}, {umbrageous}].
Shadowy (a.) Lacking clarity or distinctness; "a dim figure in the distance"; "only a faint recollection"; "shadowy figures in the gloom"; "saw a vague outline of a building through the fog"; "a few wispy memories of childhood" [syn: {dim}, {faint}, {shadowy}, {vague}, {wispy}].
Shadowy (a.) Lacking in substance; "strange fancies of unreal and shadowy worlds"- W.A.Butler; "dim shadowy forms"; "a wraithlike column of smoke" [syn: {shadowy}, {wraithlike}].
Shadrach (n.) (Metal.) 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.)
Shadrach (n.) Aku's command, the Chaldean name given to Hananiah, one of the Hebrew youths whom Nebuchadnezzar carried captive to Babylon (Dan. 1:6, 7; 3:12-30). He and his two companions refused to bow down before the image which Nebuchadnezzar had set up on the plains of Dura. Their conduct filled the king with the greatest fury, and he commanded them to be cast into the burning fiery furnace. Here, amid the fiery flames, they were miraculously preserved from harm. Over them the fire had no power, "neither was a hair of their head singed, neither had the smell of fire passed on them." Thus Nebuchadnezzar learned the greatness of the God of Israel. (See {ABEDNEGO}.)
Shadrach (n.) Tender, nipple.
Shad-spirit (n.) See {Shadbird} (a)
Shad-waiter (n.) (Zool.) A lake whitefish; the roundfish. See {Roundfish}.
Shady (a.) Abounding in shade or shades; overspread with shade; causing shade.
The shady trees cover him with their shadow. -- Job. xl. 22.
And Amaryllis fills the shady groves. -- Dryden.
Shady (a.) Sheltered from the glare of light or sultry heat.
Cast it also that you may have rooms shady for summer and warm for winter. -- Bacon.
Shady (a.) Of or pertaining to shade or darkness; hence, unfit to be seen or known; of questionable character; unsavory; equivocal; dubious, corrupt, or criminal; as, a shady character; -- of people or activities. [Colloq.] "A shady business." -- London Sat. Rev.
Shady characters, disreputable, criminal. --London Spectator.
{On the shady side of}, On the thither side of; as, on the shady side of fifty; that is, more than fifty. [Colloq.]
{To keep shady}, To stay in concealment; also, to be reticent. [Slang].
Shady (a.) (Of businesses and businessmen) Unscrupulous; "a shady operation" [syn: {fly-by-night}, {shady}].
Shady (a.) Of questionable taste or morality; "a louche nightclub"; "a louche painting" [syn: {louche}, {shady}].
Shady (a.) Not as expected; "there was something fishy about the accident"; "up to some funny business"; "some definitely queer goings-on"; "a shady deal"; "her motives were suspect"; "suspicious behavior" [syn: {fishy}, {funny}, {shady}, {suspect}, {suspicious}].
Shady (a.) Filled with shade; "the shady side of the street"; "the surface of the pond is dark and shadowed"; "we sat on rocks in a shadowy cove"; "cool umbrageous woodlands" [syn: {shady}, {shadowed}, {shadowy}, {umbrageous}].
Shaffle (v. i.) To hobble or limp; to shuffle. [Obs. or Prov. Eng.]
Shaffler (n.) A hobbler; one who limps; a shuffer. [Obs. or Prov. Eng.]
Shafiite (n.) A member of one of the four sects of the Sunnites, or Orthodox Mohammedans; -- so called from its founder, Mohammed al-Shafe["i].
Shaft (n.) The slender, smooth stem of an arrow; hence, an arrow.
His sleep, his meat, his drink, is him bereft, That lean he wax, and dry as is a shaft. -- Chaucer.
A shaft hath three principal parts, the stele [stale], the feathers, and the head. -- Ascham.
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.
And the thunder, Winged with red lightning and impetuous rage, Perhaps hath spent his shafts. -- Milton.
Some kinds of literary pursuits . . . have been attacked with all the shafts of ridicule. -- V. Knox.
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. Specifically:
Shaft (n.) (Bot.) The trunk, stem, or stalk of a plant.
Shaft (n.) (Zool.) The stem or midrib of a feather. See Illust. of {Feather}.
Shaft (n.) The pole, or tongue, of a vehicle; also, a thill.
Shaft (n.) The part of a candlestick which supports its branches.
Thou shalt make a candlestick of pure gold . . . his shaft, and his branches, his bowls, his knops, and his flowers, shall be of the same. -- Ex. xxv. 31.
Shaft (n.) The handle or helve of certain tools, instruments, etc., as a hammer, a whip, etc.
Shaft (n.) A pole, especially a Maypole. [Obs.] -- Stow.
Shaft (n.) (Arch.) 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. [Obs. or R.] -- Gwilt.
Shaft (n.) A column, an obelisk, or other spire-shaped or columnar monument.
Bid time and nature gently spare The shaft we raise to thee. -- Emerson.
Shaft (n.) (Weaving) A rod at the end of a heddle.
Shaft (n.) (Mach.) 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. See Illust. of {Countershaft}.
Shaft (n.) (Zool.) 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.) [Cf. G. schacht.] (Mining) 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.
{Line shaft} (Mach.), A main shaft of considerable length, in a shop or factory, usually bearing a number of pulleys by which machines are driven, commonly by means of countershafts; -- called also {line}, or {main line}.
{Shaft alley} (Naut.), A passage extending from the engine room to the stern, and containing the propeller shaft.
{Shaft furnace} (Metal.), A furnace, in the form of a chimney, which is charged at the top and tapped at the bottom.
Shaft (n.) A line that forms the length of an arrow pointer.
Shaft (n.) An aggressive remark directed at a person like a missile and intended to have a telling effect; "his parting shot was `drop dead'"; "she threw shafts of sarcasm"; "she takes a dig at me every chance she gets" [syn: {shot}, {shaft}, {slam}, {dig}, {barb}, {jibe}, {gibe}].
Shaft (n.) A long rod or pole (especially the handle of an implement or the body of a weapon like a spear or arrow).
Shaft (n.) A column of light (as from a beacon) [syn: {beam}, {beam of light}, {light beam}, {ray}, {ray of light}, {shaft}, {shaft of light}, {irradiation}].
Shaft (n.) The main (mid) section of a long bone [syn: {diaphysis}, {shaft}].
Shaft (n.) Obscene terms for penis [syn: {cock}, {prick}, {dick}, {shaft}, {pecker}, {peter}, {tool}, {putz}].
Shaft (n.) A long pointed rod used as a tool or weapon [syn: {spear}, {lance}, {shaft}].
Shaft (n.) A vertical passageway through a building (as for an elevator).
Shaft (n.) (Architecture) Upright consisting of the vertical part of a column [syn: {shaft}, {scape}].
Shaft (n.) A long vertical passage sunk into the earth, as for a mine or tunnel.
Shaft (n.) A revolving rod that transmits power or motion [syn: {rotating shaft}, {shaft}].
Shaft (n.) The hollow spine of a feather [syn: {quill}, {calamus}, {shaft}].
Shaft (v.) Equip with a shaft.
Shaft (v.) Defeat someone through trickery or deceit [syn: {cheat}, {chouse}, {shaft}, {screw}, {chicane}, {jockey}].
Shafted (a.) Furnished with a shaft, or with shafts; as, a shafted arch.
Shafted (a.) (Her.) 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. [Obs.]
Shag (n.) Coarse hair or nap; rough, woolly hair.
True Witney broadcloth, with its shag unshorn. -- Gay.
Shag (n.) A kind of cloth having a long, coarse nap.
Shag (n.) (Com.) A kind of prepared tobacco cut fine.
Shag (n.) (Zool.) Any species of cormorant.
Shag (a.) Hairy; shaggy. -- Shak.
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.
Shag the green zone that bounds the boreal skies. -- J. Barlow.
Shag (n.) A strong coarse tobacco that has been shredded.
Shag (n.) A matted tangle of hair or fiber; "the dog's woolly shag".
Shag (n.) A fabric with long coarse nap; "he bought a shag rug".
Shag (n.) Slang for sexual intercourse [syn: {fuck}, {fucking}, {screw}, {screwing}, {ass}, {nooky}, {nookie}, {piece of ass}, {piece of tail}, {roll in the hay}, {shag}, {shtup}].
Shag (n.) A lively dance step consisting of hopping on each foot in turn.
Shag (v.) Dance the shag.
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.
Shagbark (n.) North American hickory having loose grey shaggy bark and edible nuts [syn: {shagbark}, {shagbark hickory}, {shellbark}, {shellbark hickory}, {Carya ovata}].
Shagebush (n.) A sackbut. [Obs.]
Shagged (a.) Shaggy; rough. -- Milton. -- {Shag"ged*ness}, n. --Dr. H. More.
Shagged (a.) Having a very rough nap or covered with hanging shags; "junipers with shagged trunks"; "shaggy rugs" [syn: {shagged}, {shaggy}].
Shagginess (n.) [U] （毛髮等）粗濃；頭髮蓬亂的樣子；邋遢；濃密繁茂的樣子；毛茸茸的樣子 The quality or state of being shaggy; roughness; shaggedness.
Shagginess (n.) Unkemptness of hair.
Shagginess (n.) Roughness of nap produced by long woolly hairs.
Shaggy (a.) 長滿粗毛的，有粗毛的；（毛髮等）粗濃的 Rough with long hair or wool.
About his shoulders hangs the shaggy skin. -- Dryden.
Shaggy (a.) Rough; rugged; jaggy. -- Milton.
[A rill] that winds unseen beneath the shaggy fell. -- Keble.
Shaggy (a.) Used of hair; thick and poorly groomed; "bushy locks"; "a shaggy beard" [syn: {bushy}, {shaggy}, {shaggy-haired}, {shaggy-coated}].
Shaggy (a.) Having a very rough nap or covered with hanging shags; "junipers with shagged trunks"; "shaggy rugs" [syn: {shagged}, {shaggy}].
Shag-haired (a.) Having shaggy hair. -- Shak.
Shag-rag (n.) The unkempt and ragged part of the community. [Colloq. or Slang.] -- R. Browning.
Shagreen (v. t.) To chagrin. [Obs.]
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. "A shagreen case of lancets." -- T. Hook.
Shagreened (a.) (Zool.) Covered with rough scales or points like those on shagreen.
Shah (n.) A former title of the supreme ruler in certain Eastern countries, especially Persia and Iran. [Written also {schah}.]
{Shah Nameh}. [Per., Book of Kings.] A celebrated historical poem written by Firdousi, being the most ancient in the modern Persian language. -- Brande & C.
Shah (n.) Title for the former hereditary monarch of Iran [syn: {Shah}, {Shah of Iran}].
Shah (n.) The title of the supreme ruler in certain Eastern countries, especially Persia.