SHADES

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does shades mean? 

• SHADES (noun)
  The noun SHADES has 2 senses:

1. (plural) something that reminds you of someone or something

2. (plural) spectacles that are darkened or polarized to protect the eyes from the glare of the sun

  Familiarity information: SHADES used as a noun is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• SHADES (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

(plural) something that reminds you of someone or something

Classified under:

Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents

Context example:

aren't there shades of 1948 here?

Hypernyms ("shades" is a kind of...):

reminder (an experience that causes you to remember something)

Domain usage:

plural; plural form (the form of a word that is used to denote more than one)

Sense 2

Meaning:

(plural) spectacles that are darkened or polarized to protect the eyes from the glare of the sun

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Synonyms:

dark glasses; shades; sunglasses

Context example:

he was wearing a pair of mirrored shades

Hypernyms ("shades" is a kind of...):

eyeglasses; glasses; specs; spectacles ((plural) optical instrument consisting of a frame that holds a pair of lenses for correcting defective vision)

Meronyms (parts of "shades"):

Polaroid ((trade mark) a plastic film that can polarize a beam of light; often used in sunglasses to eliminate glare)

Domain usage:

plural; plural form (the form of a word that is used to denote more than one)

 Context examples 

A color map composed of shades of gray, varying from black at the weakest intensity to white at the strongest.

(Grayscale Color Map, NCI Thesaurus)

It has a cream or pale gray undercoat and an outer coat that comes in shades of gray with black tips and stands away from the body.

(Keeshond, NCI Thesaurus)

A number of lamps shining through tinted shades bathed the whole great room before us in a ruddy radiance.

(The Lost World, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

The coat comes in red, brindle, blackish, sand and various shades of gray.

(Cairn Terrier, NCI Thesaurus)

Mars will enter Capricorn on February 16 to remain until March 30, and immediately your world will be lit in a million shades of technicolor.

(AstrologyZone.com, by Susan Miller)

The coat comes in shades of brown, red or tan ranging from a dead-grass-straw color to a deep dark brown with red overtones.

(Chesapeake Bay Retriever, NCI Thesaurus)

You can't buy those soft shades, so we paint ours any color we like.

(Little Women, by Louisa May Alcott)

The coat is dense, and comes in various shades of red and orange.

(Nova Scotia Duck-Tolling Retriever, NCI Thesaurus)

But Marianne could no more satisfy him as to the colour of Mr. Willoughby's pointer, than he could describe to her the shades of his mind.

(Sense and Sensibility, by Jane Austen)

An adhesive restorative material, available in a number of shades to match patients' teeth, used for restoring teeth, correcting tooth discolorations, or cosmetic tooth enhancements.

(Bonding Restorative Material, NCI Thesaurus)