shade
verb [I usually + adv/prep] (CHANGE) /ʃeɪd/Definition
› to gradually change or become: At sunset, the sky shaded from pink into dark red. Their views shade into the policies of the extreme left of the party.Colour - general words
(Definition of shade verb (CHANGE) from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus
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Synonyms and related words:
- -coloured suffix
- chromatic adjective (COLOUR)
- colour adjective
- colour noun (APPEARANCE)
- colour verb (BECOME A COLOUR)
- coloured adjective (APPEARANCE)
- discolour verb
- dye verb
- hue noun (COLOUR)
- pigmentation noun
- primary colour noun
- run verb (FLOW)
- shade noun (DEGREE)
- spectral adjective (COLOURS)
- spectrum noun (COLOURS)
- tinge noun
- tint noun
- tint verb
- tinted adjective
- tone in phrasal verb
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