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| NOUN: | 1. The property by which the sense of vision can distinguish between objects, as a red apple and a green apple, that are very similar or identical in form and size: color, hue, tint, tone. See COLORS. 2. A supernatural being, such as a ghost: apparition, bogey, bogeyman, bogle, eidolon, ghost, phantasm, phantasma, phantom, revenant, shadow, specter, spirit, visitant, wraith. Informal : spook. Regional : haunt. See BEINGS, SUPERNATURAL. 3. A slight amount or indication: breath, dash, ghost, hair, hint, intimation, semblance, shadow, soupçon, streak, suggestion, suspicion, taste, tinge, touch, trace, whiff, whisper. Informal : whisker. See BIG, SHOW. 4. A slight variation between nearly identical entities: gradation, nuance. See BIG. 5. Comparative darkness that results from the blocking of light rays: penumbra, shadow, umbra, umbrage. See LIGHT. 6. The degree of vividness of a color, as when modified by the addition of black or white pigment: gradation, hue, tinge, tint. See COLORS. | | VERB: | 1. To make a slight reduction in (a price): shave, trim. See INCREASE. 2. To make dark or darker: adumbrate, darken, shadow. See LIGHT. 3. To shelter, especially from light: screen, shadow. See PROTECTION.
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