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Shade
Light diminished in intensity as a result of the interception of the rays; partial darkness.
Ghost
End a personal relationship with (someone) by suddenly and without explanation withdrawing from all communication
I didn't want to ghost her, so we ended up having ‘the talk’ and it was horrible
People who ghost are primarily focused on avoiding their own emotional discomfort
Being ghosted is one of the toughest ways to be dumped
Shade
Cover or shelter provided by interception by an object of the sun or its rays
Sat in the shade under the tree.
Ghost
In folklore, a ghost is the soul or spirit of a dead person or animal that can appear to the living. In ghostlore, descriptions of ghosts vary widely from an invisible presence to translucent or barely visible wispy shapes, to realistic, lifelike forms.
Shade
The part of a picture or photograph depicting darkness or shadow.
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Ghost
An apparition of a dead person which is believed to appear or become manifest to the living, typically as a nebulous image
A ghost ship
The building is haunted by the ghost of a monk
Shade
A gradation of a color as it is mixed with black or is decreasingly illuminated
Shades of gray.
Ghost
Act as ghostwriter of (a work)
His memoirs were smoothly ghosted by a journalist
Shade
A slight difference or variation; a nuance
Shades of meaning.
Ghost
Glide smoothly and effortlessly
They ghosted up the river
Shade
A small amount; a trace
Detected a shade of bitterness in her remarks.
Ghost
The spirit of a dead person, especially one that is believed to appear to the living in bodily form or to haunt specific locations.
Shade
Any of various devices used to reduce or screen light or heat
Closed the window shades.
Ghost
A person's spirit or soul
Was sick for months and finally gave up the ghost.
Shade
Shades Informal Sunglasses.
Ghost
A returning or haunting memory or image.
Shade
Dark shadows gathering at dusk
“The shades of night are falling fast” (Henry Wadsworth Longfellow).
Ghost
A slight or faint trace
Just a ghost of a smile.
Shade
The abode of the dead; the underworld
Went to the shades of hell.
Ghost
The tiniest bit
Not a ghost of a chance.
Shade
A disembodied spirit; a ghost.
Ghost
An unwanted image on a television or radar screen caused by reflected waves.
Shade
Shades A present reminder of a person or situation in the past
Shades of my high-school days.
Ghost
A displaced image in a photograph caused by the optical system of the camera.
Shade
(Slang) Scornful criticism or contempt
“Most fans are now speculating that the letters written on her gown were not just random and in fact were supposed to throw shade at her estranged husband” (Ashley Mitchell).
Ghost
An unwanted spectral line caused by imperfections in a diffraction grating.
Shade
To screen from light or heat
Trees shaded the street.
Ghost
A displaced image in a mirror caused by reflection from the front of the glass.
Shade
To obscure or darken
“A sliver of mustache shaded his upper lip” (Michael Finkel).
Ghost
(Informal) A ghostwriter.
Shade
To represent degrees of shade or shadow in
Shade a drawing.
Ghost
A nonexistent publication listed in bibliographies.
Shade
To produce (gradations of light or color) in a drawing or picture
Shaded the pink in the sunset.
Ghost
A fictitious employee or business.
Shade
To change or vary by slight degrees
Shade the meaning.
Ghost
(Physiology) A red blood cell having no hemoglobin.
Shade
To make a slight reduction in
Shade prices.
Ghost
(Informal) To engage in ghostwriting.
Shade
To pass from one quality, color, or thing to another by very slight changes or degrees.
Ghost
To move noiselessly like a ghost
“Two young deer ghosted out of the woods” (Nancy M. Debevoise).
Shade
(uncountable) Darkness where light, particularly sunlight, is blocked.
The old oak tree gave shade in the heat of the day.
Ghost
(Informal) To cut off all communication with someone, especially a romantic or sexual partner, without providing an explanation
Ghosted on him after two dates.
Shade
(countable) Something that blocks light, particularly in a window.
Close the shade, please: it's too bright in here.
Ghost
To haunt.
Shade
(countable) A variety of a colour/color, in particular one obtained by adding black (compare tint).
I've painted my room in five lovely shades of pink and chartreuse.
Ghost
(Informal) To ghostwrite
Was hired to ghost the memoirs of a famous executive.
Shade
(figuratively) A subtle variation in a concept.
Shades of meaning
Ghost
(Informal) To cut off all communication with (someone), especially a romantic or sexual partner, without providing an explanation
“In some point in nearly every young millennial's life, they will be ghosted. And not by sad dead bodies from the graveyard, but by idiot living ones from the Internet” (Heather Dockray).
Shade
(figuratively) An aspect that is reminiscent of something.
Shades of Groucho
Ghost
The spirit; the human soul.
Shade
A very small degree of a quantity, or variety of meaning
Ghost
The disembodied soul; the soul or spirit of a deceased person; a spirit appearing after death.
Everyone believed that the ghost of an old lady haunted the crypt.
Shade
A ghost or specter; a spirit.
Too long have I been haunted by that shade.
The adventurer was attacked by a shade.
Ghost
Any faint shadowy semblance; an unsubstantial image.
Not a ghost of a chance
The ghost of an idea
Shade
(countable) A postage stamp showing an obvious difference in colour/color to the original printing and needing a separate catalogue/catalog entry.
Ghost
A false image formed in a telescope, camera, or other optical device by reflection from the surfaces of one or more lenses.
Shade
Subtle insults.
Throw shade
Why did you paint your room chartreuse? No shade; I'm genuinely curious.
Ghost
An unwanted image similar to and overlapping or adjacent to the main one on a television screen, caused by the transmitted image being received both directly and via reflection.
Shade
(countable) A cover around or above a light bulb, a lampshade.
Ghost
A ghostwriter.
Shade
(historical) A candle-shade.
Ghost
A nonexistent person invented to obtain some fraudulent benefit.
Shade
(transitive) To shield (someone or something) from light.
The old oak tree shaded the lawn in the heat of the day.
Ghost
A dead person whose identity is stolen by another. See ghosting.
Shade
To shield oneself from light.
We shaded under a huge oak tree.
Ghost
(Internet) An unresponsive user on IRC, resulting from the user's client disconnecting without notifying the server.
Shade
(transitive) To alter slightly.
You'll need to shade your shot slightly to the left.
Most politicians will shade the truth if it helps them.
Ghost
(computing) An image of a file or hard disk.
Shade
(intransitive) To vary or approach something slightly, particularly in color.
The hillside was bright green, shading towards gold in the drier areas.
Ghost
(theatre) An understudy.
Shade
To move slightly from one's normal fielding position.
Jones will shade a little to the right on this pitch count.
Ghost
(espionage) A covert (and deniable) agent.
Shade
(transitive) To darken, particularly in drawing.
I draw contours first, gradually shading in midtones and shadows.
Ghost
The faint image that remains after an attempt to remove graffiti.
Shade
To surpass by a narrow margin.
Both parties claimed afterwards that their man did best in the debate, but an early opinion poll suggested Mr Cameron shaded it.
Ghost
(video games) An opponent in a racing game that follows a previously recorded route, allowing players to compete against previous best times.
Shade
To reduce (a window) so that only its title bar is visible.
Ghost
Someone whose identity cannot be established because there are no records of him/her.
Shade
To throw shade, to subtly insult someone.
Ghost
(quantum physics) An unphysical state in a gauge theory.
Shade
To shelter; to cover from injury; to protect; to screen.
Ghost
A formerly nonexistent character that was at some point mistakenly encoded into a character set standard, which might have since become used opportunistically for some genuine purpose.
Shade
To present a shadow or image of; to shadow forth; to represent.
Ghost
(countable) ghost pepper
Shade
Comparative obscurity owing to interception or interruption of the rays of light; partial darkness caused by the intervention of something between the space contemplated and the source of light.
Ghost
(uncountable) A game in which players take turns to add a letter to a possible word, trying not to complete a word.
Shade
Darkness; obscurity; - often in the plural.
The shades of night were falling fast.
Ghost
White or pale.
Ghost slug
Shade
An obscure place; a spot not exposed to light; hence, a secluded retreat.
Let us seek out some desolate shade, and thereWeep our sad bosoms empty.
Ghost
Transparent or translucent.
Ghost ant
Ghost catfish
Shade
That which intercepts, or shelters from, light or the direct rays of the sun; hence, also, that which protects from heat or currents of air; a screen; protection; shelter; cover; as, a lamp shade.
The Lord is thy shade upon thy right hand.
Sleep under a fresh tree's shade.
Let the arched knife well sharpened now assail the spreading shades of vegetables.
Ghost
(attributive) Abandoned.
Ghost town
Ghost ship
Shade
Shadow.
Envy will merit, as its shade, pursue.
Ghost
(attributive) Remnant; the remains of a(n).
Ghost cell
Ghost crater
Ghost image
Shade
The soul after its separation from the body; - so called because the ancients it to be perceptible to the sight, though not to the touch; a spirit; a ghost; as, the shades of departed heroes.
Swift as thought the flitting shadeThro' air his momentary journey made.
Ghost
(attributive) Perceived or listed but not real.
Ghost cellphone vibration
Ghost pain
Ghost island
Ghost voter
Shade
The darker portion of a picture; a less illuminated part. See Def. 1, above.
Ghost
(attributive) Of cryptid, supernatural or extraterrestrial nature.
Ghost rocket
Ghost deer
Shade
Degree or variation of color, as darker or lighter, stronger or paler; as, a delicate shade of pink.
White, red, yellow, blue, with their several degrees, or shades and mixtures, as green only in by the eyes.
Ghost
(attributive) Substitute.
Ghost writer
Ghost singer
Shade
A minute difference or variation, as of thought, belief, expression, etc.; also, the quality or degree of anything which is distinguished from others similar by slight differences; as, the shades of meaning in synonyms.
New shades and combinations of thought.
Every shade of religious and political opinion has its own headquarters.
Ghost
To haunt; to appear to in the form of an apparition.
Shade
To shelter or screen by intercepting the rays of light; to keep off illumination from.
I went to crop the sylvan scenes,And shade our altars with their leafy greens.
Ghost
(obsolete) To die; to expire.
Shade
To shelter; to cover from injury; to protect; to screen; to hide; as, to shade one's eyes.
Ere in our own house I do shade my head.
Ghost
(literary) To imbue with a ghost-like hue or effect.
Shade
To obscure; to dim the brightness of.
Thou shad'stThe full blaze of thy beams.
Ghost
(ambitransitive) To ghostwrite.
Shade
To pain in obscure colors; to darken.
Ghost
(nautical) To sail seemingly without wind.
Shade
To mark with gradations of light or color.
Ghost
(computing) To copy a file or hard drive image.
Shade
To present a shadow or image of; to shadow forth; to represent.
[The goddess] in her person cunningly did shadeThat part of Justice which is Equity.
Ghost
(GUI) To gray out (a visual item) to indicate that it is unavailable.
Shade
To undergo or exhibit minute difference or variation, as of color, meaning, expression, etc.; to pass by slight changes; - used chiefly with a preposition, as into, away, off.
This small group will be most conveniently treated with the emotional division, into which it shades.
Ghost
To forcibly disconnect an IRC user who is using one's reserved nickname.
Shade
Relative darkness caused by light rays being intercepted by an opaque body;
It is much cooler in the shade
There's too much shadiness to take good photographs
Ghost
(intransitive) To appear or move without warning, quickly and quietly; to slip.
Shade
A quality of a given color that differs slightly from a primary color;
After several trials he mixed the shade of pink that she wanted
Ghost
(transitive) To transfer (a prisoner) to another prison without the prior knowledge of other inmates.
Shade
Protective covering that protects something from direct sunlight;
They used umbrellas as shades
As the sun moved he readjusted the shade
Ghost
(slang) To kill.
Shade
A subtle difference in meaning or opinion or attitude;
Without understanding the finer nuances you can't enjoy the humor
Don't argue about shades of meaning
Ghost
To perform an act of ghosting: to break up with someone without warning or explanation; to ignore someone, especially on social media.
Shade
A position of relative inferiority;
An achievement that puts everything else in the shade
His brother's success left him in the shade
Ghost
(film) To provide the speaking or singing voice for another actor, who is lip-syncing.
Shade
A slight amount or degree of difference;
A tad too expensive
Not a tad of difference
The new model is a shade better than the old one
Ghost
The spirit; the soul of man.
Then gives her grieved ghost thus to lament.
Shade
A mental representation of some haunting experience;
He looked like he had seen a ghost
It aroused specters from his past
Ghost
The disembodied soul; the soul or spirit of a deceased person; a spirit appearing after death; an apparition; a specter.
The mighty ghosts of our great Harrys rose.
I thought that I had died in sleep,And was a blessed ghost.
Shade
A representation of the effect of shade in a picture or drawing (as by shading or darker pigment)
Ghost
Any faint shadowy semblance; an unsubstantial image; a phantom; a glimmering; as, not a ghost of a chance; the ghost of an idea.
Each separate dying ember wrought its ghost upon the floor.
Shade
Cast a shadow over
Ghost
A false image formed in a telescope by reflection from the surfaces of one or more lenses.
And he gave up the ghost full softly.
Jacob . . . yielded up the ghost, and was gathered unto his people
Shade
Represent the effect of shade or shadow on
Ghost
To die; to expire.
Shade
Protect from light, heat, or view;
Shade your eyes when you step out into the bright sunlight
Ghost
To appear to or haunt in the form of an apparition.
Ghost
A mental representation of some haunting experience;
He looked like he had seen a ghost
It aroused specters from his past
Ghost
A writer who gives the credit of authorship to someone else
Ghost
The visible disembodied soul of a dead person
Ghost
A suggestion of some quality;
There was a touch of sarcasm in his tone
He detected a ghost of a smile on her face
Ghost
Move like a ghost;
The masked men ghosted across the moonlit yard
Ghost
Haunt like a ghost; pursue;
Fear of illness haunts her
Ghost
Write for someone else;
How many books have you ghostwritten so far?
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