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shade

How to sign: a mental representation of some haunting experience
"he looked like he had seen a ghost"; "it aroused specters from his past";

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Similiar / Same: ghost, wraith, specter, spook, spectre

Categories: apparition, phantasm, phantasma, phantom, shadow

shade

How to sign: a quality of a given color that differs slightly from a primary color
"after several trials he mixed the shade of pink that she wanted";

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tint in ASL Watch how to sign tint in American Sign Language
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Similiar / Same: tint, tincture, tone

Categories: color, coloring, colour, colouring

Within this category: undertone

shade

How to sign: 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";

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Similiar / Same: shadiness, shadowiness

Categories: semidarkness

Within this category: shadow

shade

How to sign: protect from light, heat, or view
"Shade your eyes when you step out into the bright sunlight";

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Categories: block out, screen

shade

How to sign: 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";

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Similiar / Same: nuance, subtlety, nicety, refinement

Categories: import, meaning, significance, signification

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