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Similar words: a shame · shade · lamp shade · lampshade · sun shade · eyeshade · sunshade · flat share · abrade · arcade
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a shade

nounbeagán masc1  c m ugiota beag  c m uruainne beag  c m uthe pool is a shade over twenty metres long tá an linn beagán le cois fiche méadar ar fadyou might say we were a shade lucky d'fhéadfaí a rá go raibh sciorta den ádh orainn → see shade

Phrases and Examples in other entries

  • dark »
    I chose a darker shade roghnaigh mise imir níos dorcha
  • pale »
    a pale shade of purple corcra éadrom
  • shade »
    she was sitting in the shade of a tree bhí sí ina suí faoi scáth crainn, bhí sí ina suí faoi chrann ar foscadh ón ngrian
  • shade »
    a lovely shade of blue imir aoibhinn den ghorm
  • shaded »
    a shaded reading lamp lampa léitheoireachta a bhfuil scáthlán air
  • sickly »
    it turned a sickly shade of green tháinig dath mífholláin glas air
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