Definitions
1.nounA slight coloring.
2.nounA pale or faint tinge of any color; especially, a variation of a color obtained by adding white (contrast shade)
3.nounA color considered with reference to other very similar colors."Red and blue are different colors, but two shades of scarlet are different tints."
4.nounA shaded effect in engraving, produced by the juxtaposition of many fine parallel lines.
5.verbTo shade, to color.