shade
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8.2
- noun
- /ʃeɪd/
- Archaic
:
sombra
- Her soul waits for yours in the shade of the Ceiba Tree.
Examples
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One by one we are all becoming shades.
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For this was my own self before me, returning from the shades of truth.
Fiction book (1993) -
You're just a shade of my real wife.
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When she does, he says, "this dismal shade must separate me from the world," but offers her no explanation.
Fiction book (2002) -
People continue to evoke their names, commune with their shades, and expect their ongoing intervention in everyday affairs.
Academic text (1990) -
The shades of Hades are themselves gibbering shadows... squeaking like bats rather than speaking like humans.
Academic text (2017) -
The memories of her childhood lingered like a shade, always reminding her of what she had lost.
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In the quiet forest, the shade of her past was felt in the rustling leaves and faint echoes of laughter.
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He often found himself haunted by the shade of his former mistakes, which made him anxious and uneasy.
Synonyms
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1.3
A thing you remember from the past
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5.8
A feeling that something is less noticeable because of someone or something else
116
3.8
A memory of something from the past or the act of remembering it
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6.1
A faint memory or feeling from the past that affects you
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8.2
A worrying memory or thought that keeps coming back
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6.0
A memory of something from the past
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7.7
A memory that returns and makes you feel afraid
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9.9
A disturbing memory that stays in a person's mind
Antonyms
Idioms
Compounds
How Haunting
Surface Forms
Etymology
Shade comes from an old English word sceadu meaning 'shadow', and people long ago used it for a 'shadow' of a person. That is why a 'shade' can mean a memory or ghost that stays with you, like a shadow in your mind.