in the shade
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1.0
- idiom
- They enjoyed their lunch in the shade of the large tree to escape the heat.
- sit in the shade
- rest in the shade
- grow in the shade
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Watch on YouTubeSo you get up and you go under a tree in the shade, in the shade.
- So you get up and you go under a tree in the shade, in the shade.
Examples
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Put him in the shade, quick!
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Stewart McClaren lay, eyes closed, in the shade of an old apple tree.
Fiction book (1993) -
You should rest in the shade.
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We are in the shade.
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They grow either in the shade or in the sun.
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In the hospital grounds, on a bench in the shade, we found Vera.
Fiction book (1993) -
On Sunday afternoons, one could see whole families enjoying dinner in the shade of their vine.
Academic text (1992) -
An old man, wizened and sly, was sitting on a bench in the shade, smoking up a storm.
Academic text (2007) -
On her way back to town, she rested in the shade of a stunted, umbrella-shaped tree.
Fiction book (1990) -
We spent the afternoon making a strawberry-rhubarb pie, sipping iced tea in the shade, and reading.
Fiction book (1993)
Antonyms
How Shaded
Surface Forms
Morphology
The meaning 'in a place sheltered from direct sunlight' is directly and compositionally derived from 'in' (locative preposition) + 'shade' (a shady spot), with 'the' functioning only as a definite article. This literal, cross-linguistically common spatial construction follows standard English noun phrase composition and would be immediately understandable to a B1 learner who knows the constituent words.
Etymology
In the shade creates a simple picture: you sit under a tree or by a wall where its shadow cools you and keeps you out of the hot sun. That's why in the shade means 'in a place sheltered from direct sunlight' or 'feeling cooler'.