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shade

/ʃeɪd/

US pronunciation
American sound/ʃeɪd/
shade
Syllables
1 syllable
Stress
One strong syllable
Vowel
Short i vowel
Ending
Final e often stays silent

US voice -> shade

Myanmar meaning

(n) အရိပ်အာဝါသ

Full entry

shade /ʃeÇd/ n

၁။ [U] ~ (from sth) အရိပ်အာဝါသ။ a temperature of 35°C in the shade ❍ sit in the shade of a tree/wall ❍ The trees give some welcome shade from the sun. Compare SHADOW
၂။ [C] (often in compounds) နေကာ။ အလင်းကာ။ အုပ်ဆောင်း။ an eye-shade ❍ a new shade for the lamp. See also LAMPSHADE, SUNSHADE
၃။ shades [pl] the ~s of sth (rhet ) အမှောင်။ အမှောင်ရိပ်။ the shades of evening/night.
၄။ shades [pl] (infml esp US ) = SUN-GLASSES
၅။ [U] (ပန်းချီ၊ ဓာတ်ပုံ စသည်တွင်) အမှောင်။ There is not enough light and shade in your drawing.
၆။ [C] (အရောင်) အနု၊ အရင့်။ material in several shades of blue ❍ choose a lighter shade.
၇။ (က) [C] ~ of sth (အနက်၊ သဘောထား) အထွေထွေအလာလာ။ a word with many shades of meaning ❍ people with all shades of opinion.
(ခ) [sing] a ~ (better,worse, etc) စိုးစဉ်း။ အနည်းငယ်။ I think it's a shade warmer today. ❍ She feels a shade better than yesterday.
၈။ shades [pl] ~s of sb/sth (infml) ပုံစံ။ ‘Shades of Hitler!’ I thought, as I listened to him haranguing the crowd. ❍ shades of the 1950s.
v
၁။ ~ sb/sth (from sth ) (အလင်း)ကာသည်။ (အရိပ်)ထိုးသည်။ shaded terraces ❍ She shaded her eyes (from the sun) with her hand.
၂။ (အုပ်ဆောင်း)အုပ်သည်။ There was a small shaded light by the bed.
၃။ ~ sth (in) အလင်းအမှောင် သွင်းသည်။ (ခဲ )ထိုးသည်။ the shaded areas on the map ❍ shade in a drawing.
၄။ ~ from sth into sth; ~ (off) into sth တစ်စတစ်စကူးသည်။ scarlet shading (off) into pink ❍ (fig ) distrust of foreigners shading into racism.
❏ put sb/sth in the shade [IDM ] လွှမ်းမိုးလိုက်သည်။ I can paint reasonably well, but her work puts mine in the shade.
❏ shading n [U] အလင်းအမှောင်သွင်းခြင်း။ ခဲထိုးခြင်း။

More examples
  • He pulled a wicker chair into the shade.
  • [shade of] : I spent the afternoon reading under the shade of an umbrella.
  • [in the shade] : We sat in the shade and ate our lunch.
  • An eye shade
  • The painter used different textures and shades to represent the seasons.
  • A brilliant shade of red
  • All shades of political opinion were represented.
  • [shade of] : Look at all these kids’ games – shades of my childhood.
  • A shade less than 50 per cent approve of the idea.
Synonyms
shadow, dark, darkness, gloom, gloominess, dimness, adumbrate, adumbration, amount, apparition, awning, be overcast, blacken, blackness, blind, block in, block out, blot out, bogey, brilliance, canopy, cast, cast a shadow, cloud, cloud over, cloud up, color, color in, conceal, coolness, cover, covering, curtain, darken, dash, deepen, degree, dim, distinction, dusk, eclipse, fill in, ghost, gradation, gray, hatch, haunt, hide, hint, hue, inumbrate, little bit, manes, mask, mute, nuance, obscuration, obscure, obscurity, overshadow, penumbra, phantasm, phantom, proposal, protect, revenant, saturation, screen, semblance, semidarkness, shadiness, shadows, shelter, shield, shutter, slight difference, soupçon, specter, spice, spirit, stain, streak, suggestion, suspicion, tincture, tinge, tint, tone, tone down, touch, trace, umbra, umbrage, variation, variety, veil, wraith
Antonyms
being, brighten, brightness, clear, dullness, explain, expose, gap, illuminate, lay bare, lay out, light, lighten, lightness, open, reality, reveal, uncover, white, whiten
Cross references
shadowdarkdarknessgloomgloominessdimnessadumbrateadumbrationamountapparitionawningbe overcastblackenblacknessblindblock inblock outblot outbogeybrilliancecanopycastcast a shadowcloudcloud overcloud upcolorcolor in
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