Murk vs Shade - What's the difference?
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Dark, murky
* J. R. Drake
Darkness, or a dark or gloomy environment.
To make murky or be murky; to cloud or obscure, or to be clouded or obscured.
* 1918: Booth Tarkington, The Magnificent Ambersons [http://etext.virginia.edu/etcbin/ot2www-pubeng?specfile=/texts/english/modeng/publicsearch/modengpub.o2w&act=surround&offset=610682281&tag=Tarkington,+Booth,+1869-1946:+The+Magnificent+Ambersons;+illustrated+by+Arthur+William+Brown,+1918&query=+murking&id=TarMagn]
(AAVE) To murder or seriously injure.
* 2010 , Dana Dane, Numbers (page 232)
* 2011 , Treasure Hernandez, Baltimore Chronicles (volume 2)
(label) Darkness where light, particularly sunlight, is blocked.
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, passage=Now we plunged into a deep shade with the boughs lacing each other overhead, and crossed dainty, rustic bridges over the cold trout-streams, the boards giving back the clatter of our horses' feet:
(label) Something that blocks light, particularly in a window.
(label) A variety of a colour/color, in particular one obtained by adding black (compare tint).
* (John Locke) (1632-1705)
(label) A subtle variation in a concept.
* (Thomas De Quincey) (1785-1859)
* (1800-1859)
(label) An aspect that is reminiscent of something.
* Agatha Christie, Miss Marple Tells a Story
A ghost.
* (John Dryden) (1631-1700)
(label) A creature that is partially human and partially angel.
(label) A postage stamp showing an obvious difference in colour/color to the original printing and needing a separate catalogue/catalog entry.
Subtle insults.
To shield from light.
To alter slightly.
To vary slightly, particularly in color.
(intransitive, baseball, of a defensive player) To move slightly from one's normal fielding position.
To darken, particularly in drawing.
(obsolete) To shelter; to cover from injury; to protect; to screen.
* Shakespeare
(obsolete) To present a shadow or image of; to shadow forth; to represent.
* Spenser
Murk is a related term of shade.
As nouns the difference between murk and shade
is that murk is poison while shade is (label) darkness where light, particularly sunlight, is blocked.As a verb shade is
to shield from light.murk
English
Etymology 1
From (etyl) merke, mirke, from (etyl) ‘dark’.Alternative forms
* mirk * mark (dialectal)Adjective
(er)- He cannot see through the mantle murk .
Quotations
* (mirk)Noun
(-)- (Shakespeare)
Synonyms
* gloomVerb
(en verb)- Dawn had been murking through the smoky windows, growing stronger for half an hour...
Derived terms
* murkySee also
* muckEtymology 2
Alternative forms
* merkVerb
(en verb)- That's why he was able to catch Crush out there sleeping and why he murked him before he could ask him any questions.
- He clowned Sticks, and Sticks murked him for no reason. And I don't know for sure, but I think he murked Trail.
Anagrams
*shade
English
(wikipedia shade)Etymology 1
From (etyl) sceadu.Noun
- Thus light and colours, as white, red, yellow, blue, with their several degrees or shades , and mixtures, as green, scarlet, purple, sea-green, and the rest, come in only by the eyes
- new shades and combinations of thought
- Every shade of religious and political opinion has its own headquarters.
- Mrs. Rhodes who (so I gathered from Mr. Petherick's careful language) was perhaps just a shade of a hypochondriac, had retired to bed immediately after dinner.
- Swift as thought the flitting shade / Thro' air his momentary journey made.
Etymology 2
From (etyl) sceadwian.Verb
(shad)- The old oak tree shaded the lawn in the heat of the day.
- You'll need to shade your shot slightly to the left.
- Most politicians will shade the truth if it helps them.
- The hillside was bright green, shading towards gold in the drier areas.
- Jones will shade a little to the right on this pitch count.
- I draw contours first, gradually shading in midtones and shadows.
- Ere in our own house I do shade my head.
- [The goddess] in her person cunningly did shade / That part of Justice which is Equity.