shutter [shuht-er]
Main Entry:
shutter [shuht-er]
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: blind
Synonyms: cover, curtain, drape, screen, shade
Main Entry: close
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: complete, finish, stop
Synonyms: button down, button up, call it a day, call off, cap, cease, clear, clinch, conclude, consummate, culminate, cut loose, determine, discontinue, do, drop the curtain, end, fold, fold up, halt, pack it in, put a lid on, put to bed, sew up, shut down, shutter, terminate, ultimate, wind down, wind up, wrap up
Antonyms: begin, continue, not finish, open, start
Main Entry: curtain
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: window covering
Synonyms: Venetian blind, blind, decoration, drape, drapery, film, hanging, jalousie, oleo, portiere, rag, roller, screen, shade, shield, shroud, shutter, valance, veil
Main Entry: finish
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: bring to a conclusion; get done
Synonyms: accomplish, achieve, bag it, break up, bring to a close, carry through, cease, clinch, close, complete, conclude, crown*, culminate, deal with, determine, discharge, do, effect, end, execute, finalize, fold, fulfill, get out of the way, halt, hang it up, have done with, make, make short work of, mop up, perfect, put finishing touches on, round off, round up, scratch, scrub, settle, sew up, shut down, shutter, stop, terminate, top off, ultimate, wind up, wrap, wrap up
Antonyms: begin, commence, initiate, introduce, start
Main Entry: screen
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: hide, protect
Synonyms: adumbrate, blind, block out, bulwark, bury, cache, camouflage, cloak, close, conceal, cover, cover up, defend, disguise, ensconce, fend, guard, mask, obscure, obstruct, safeguard, seclude, secrete, secure, separate, shade, shadow, shelter, shield, shroud, shut off, shut out, shutter, stash, umbrage, veil, wall off
Antonyms: lay open, open, reveal, uncover
Main Entry: shade
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: shut out the light
Synonyms: adumbrate, be overcast, blacken, cast a shadow, cloud, cloud over, cloud up, conceal, cover, darken, deepen, dim, eclipse, gray, hide, inumbrate, mute, obscure, overshadow, protect, screen, shadow, shelter, shield, shutter, tone down, umbrage, veil
Notes: color refers to the wavelength composition of light, shade is a gradation of color referring to its degree of darkness, tint is a gradation referring to its degree of lightness, and hue indicates a modification of a basic color
hue is the quality of a color that makes it possible to call it bluish green, etc. (the color of a color); shade is a color variation having to do with the value of a hue (lightness or darkness), and tint is a pale variation of a color
Antonyms: open
Main Entry: window shade
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: window blind
Synonyms: Venetian blind, blind, jalousie, shade, shutter
Concept Thesaurus
Concept: Shade.
Category: 2. Sensation; special sensation; light; light in general
Synonyms:
-nouns
shade; awning (cover); parasol, sunshade, umbrella; chick; portiere; screen, curtain, shutter, blind, gauze, veil, mantle, mask; cloud, mist, gathering. of clouds., umbrage, glade; shadow.
-verbs
draw a curtain; put up a shutter, close a shutter; veil; cast a shadow (darken).
-adjectives
shady, umbrageous.
-phrases
"welcome ye shades! ye bowery thickets hail" [Thomson]
Antonyms: luminary
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