n.
Function: verb
Inflected Form: shad · ed ; shad · ing
Date: 14th century
transitive verb
1 a : to shelter or screen by intercepting radiated light or heat b : to cover with a shade
2 : to hide partly by or as if by a shadow
3 : to darken with or as if with a shadow
4 : to better or exceed by a shade : SURPASS , ECLIPSE
5 a : to represent the effect of shade or shadow on b : to add shading to c : to color so that the shades pass gradually from one to another
6 : to change by gradual transition or qualification
7 : to reduce slightly (as a price)
8 : SLANT , BIAS
intransitive verb
1 : to pass by slight changes or imperceptible degrees
2 : to undergo or exhibit minute difference or variation
– shad · er noun