The shades of night were falling fast.
Longfellow.
3. An obscure place; a spot not exposed to light; hence, a secluded
retreat.
Let us seek out some desolate shade, and there Weep our sad bosoms
empty.
Shak.
4. That which intercepts, or shelters from, light or the direct rays of
the sun; hence, also, that which protects from heat or currents of air;
a screen; protection; shelter; cover; as, a lamp shade.
The Lord is thy shade upon thy right hand.
Ps. cxxi. 5.
Sleep under a fresh tree's shade.
Shak.
Let the arched knife well sharpened now assail the spreading shades
of vegetables.
J. Philips.