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• rullaverho• nyanssi• hämärä• himmentää• hiven• hivenen verta• varjostaa• varjostin• varjopaikka• varjo• vivahde• vivahdus• siimes• väri• värivivahdus• värivivahde• värisävy• katve• kierrekaihdin• kaihdin• sävy• kupu• pimento* * *ʃeid 1. noun1) (slight darkness caused by the blocking of some light: I prefer to sit in the shade rather than the sun.) varjo2) (the dark parts of a picture: light and shade in a portrait.) varjo3) (something that screens or shelters from light or heat: a large sunshade; a shade for a light.) varjo, varjostin4) (a variety of a colour; a slight difference: a pretty shade of green; shades of meaning.) sävy5) (a slight amount: The weather is a shade better today.) hitusen2. verb1) ((sometimes with from) to shelter from light or heat: He put up his hand to shade his eyes.) varjostaa2) (to make darker: You should shade the foreground of that drawing.) varjostaa3) ((with into) to change very gradually eg from one colour to another.) muuttua vähitellen, sulautua•- shaded- shades
- shading
- shady
- shadiness
- put in the shade
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