shadeless

shadeless
shade ► NOUN 1) comparative darkness and coolness caused by shelter from direct sunlight. 2) a colour, especially with regard to how light or dark it is. 3) a position of relative inferiority or obscurity: your bravery puts me in the shade. 4) a slightly differing variety. 5) a slight amount: a shade anxious. 6) a lampshade. 7) (shades) informal sunglasses. 8) literary a ghost.
► VERB 1) screen from direct light. 2) cover or moderate the light of. 3) darken or colour with parallel pencil lines or a block of colour. 4) pass or change by degrees: outrage began to shade into dismay.
● shades of — Cf. ↑shades of
DERIVATIVES shadeless adjective shader noun.
ORIGIN Old English.

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