Shade (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p.Shaded; p. pr. & vb. n.Shading.] 1. To shelter or screen by intercepting the rays of light; to keep off illumination from. Milton.
I went to crop the sylvan scenes,
And shade our altars with their leafy greens. Dryden.
2. 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. Shak.
3. To obscure; to dim the brightness of.
Thou shad'st
The full blaze of thy beams. Milton.
4. To pain in obscure colors; to darken.
5. To mark with gradations of light or color.
6. To present a shadow or image of; to shadow forth; to represent.
in her person cunningly did shade
That part of Justice which is Equity. Spenser.