1. Protected from heat and light with shade or shadow
   "shaded avenues"; "o'er the shaded billows rushed the night"
    
2. (of pictures or drawings) drawn or painted with degrees or gradations of shadow
   "the shaded areas of the face seemed to recede"

1. Cast a shadow over
   "The tall trees shaded the garden path";
   - shadow
    
2. Protect from light, heat, or view
   "Shade your eyes when you step out into the bright sunlight"
    
3. Represent the effect of shade or shadow on
   "The artist shaded the portrait to add depth";
   - fill in
    
4. Pass from one quality such as colour to another by a slight degree
   "the butterfly wings shade to yellow"
    
5. Vary slightly
   "shade the meaning"

See also: crosshatched, fill, hatched, mirky [archaic], murky, shadowed, shadowy, shady, umbrageous

Type of: alter, block out, change, darken, draw, modify, paint, screen

Antonym: unshaded

Encyclopedia: Shaded