Envy will merit, as its shade, pursue.
Pope.
6. The soul after its separation from the body; -- so called because
the ancients it to be perceptible to the sight, though not to the
touch; a spirit; a ghost; as, the shades of departed heroes.
Swift as thought the flitting shade Thro' air his momentary journey
made.
Dryden.
7. (Painting, Drawing, etc.) The darker portion of a picture; a less
illuminated part. See Def. 1, above.
8. Degree or variation of color, as darker or lighter, stronger or
paler; as, a delicate shade of pink.
White, red, yellow, blue, with their several degrees, or shades and
mixtures, as green only in by the eyes.
Locke.
9. 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.
Shade (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Shaded; p. pr. & vb. n. Shading.] 1. 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.
2. 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.