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shade comparative darkness or obscurity owing to interception of the rays of light The first known use: before the 12th century |
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5 Letters, 1 Syllable |
shade |
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onset, rime |
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Morpheme |
shade |
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Sentence Examples The buildings cast shade on the plaza. The tree provided plenty of shade. These plants grow well in shade. It was a hot sunny day, but luckily their seats for the game were in the shade. We sat in the shade of a willow tree. He used his hand as a shade as he looked out into the bright sunlight. She pulled down the shades. She was wearing a cool pair of shades. Several large trees shade the house. She shaded the drawing to give it depth. The shaded part of the graph represents the amount of sales. The article shaded the truth by revealing only one side of the story. |
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Related Words Sound the same but are spelled differently.
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Collocations The habitual juxtaposition of a particular word with another word or words with a frequency greater than chance.
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Neighborhood
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