# shades

Pronunciation: say "SHAYDZ" /ʃeɪdz/

## Noun

1. Sunglasses; tinted glasses worn to shield the eyes from bright sunlight or glare. *(colloquial)*
   - Simple: Dark glasses that protect your eyes from bright sunlight.
   - _He pushed his shades up onto his forehead as he stepped into the shop._
   - _A pair of mirrored shades hid the driver's eyes from the glare off the road._
2. Plural of shade. — plural of shade
   - Simple: Plural of shade. Use this when you mean more than one shade.
   - _The walls were painted in soft shades of gray and cream._
   - _Autumn turned the hillside into a patchwork of red and orange shades._

## Verb

3. Third-person singular simple present indicative of shade. — third-person singular simple present indicative of shade
   - Simple: Third-person singular simple present of shade. Use it with he, she, or it.
   - _The old oak tree shades half the yard through the summer months._
   - _She shades the lower edge of the drawing with light pencil strokes._

Source: DictionaryAI, https://dictionaryai.com/define/shades (written from Wiktionary data, CC BY-SA 4.0: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/).