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shadened

shadened is the simple past and past participle of shaden.

Meaning of shaden

Verb

shaden (third-person singular simple present shadens, present participle shadening, simple past and past participle shadened)

  1. (ambitransitive) To make or become shaded or shady.
    • But I'd obviously put the plant in the wrong place. It shadened and dampened some delicate things in the scree; of total losses, it accounted for a just-established plant of the large-flowered Dianthus alpinus and one Erinus.1958, Robert Gathorne-Hardy, The Tranquil Gardener, page 116

Questions about shadened

What is shadened the simple past and past participle of?
Shadened is the simple past and past participle of shaden.

Words near shadened in the dictionary

  1. shadeless
  2. shadelessly
  3. shadelessness
  4. shadelike
  5. shaden
  6. shadened
  7. shadening
  8. shadens
  9. shader
  10. shaderless
  11. shaders

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