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unshade

unshade verb: to remove a shade from.

Verb

unshade (third-person singular simple present unshades, present participle unshading, simple past and past participle unshaded)

  1. (transitive) To remove a shade from.
    • […] remember, Miles, not to unshade the lantern till we are close to the entrance of the cave.1846, George Payne R. James, The step-mother: or, Evil doings
    • He leaned an elbow on her table, and covered his eyes with his hand. […] He unshaded his face after a little while, and spoke steadily.1859, Charles Dickens, A Tale of Two Cities
  2. (transitive) To restore a window from its shaded (collapsed) state.

Forms of unshade

third-person singular presentunshades
present participleunshading
past participleunshaded
pastunshaded

Origin of unshade

From un- + shade.

Questions about unshade

What does unshade mean?
Unshade means to remove a shade from.
What part of speech is unshade?
Unshade is a verb.
What is the past tense of unshade?
The past tense of unshade is unshaded.

Words near unshade in the dictionary

  1. unshackled
  2. unshackledness
  3. unshackles
  4. unshackling
  5. unshacklings
  6. unshade
  7. unshaded
  8. unshades
  9. unshading
  10. unshadow
  11. unshadowable

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