Word Meanings - INUMBRATE - Book Publishers vocabulary database

To shade; to darken.

Related words: (words related to INUMBRATE)

• DARKEN
  Etym: 1. To make dark or black; to deprite of light; to obscure; as, a darkened room. They covered the face of the whole earth, so that the land was darkened. Ex. x. 15. So spake the Sovran Voice; and clouds began To darken all the hill. Milton.
• SHADELESS
  Being without shade; not shaded.
• SHADEFUL
  Full of shade; shady.
• DARKENING
  Twilight; gloaming. Wright.
• DARKENER
  One who, or that which, darkens.
• SHADE
  The darker portion of a picture; a less illuminated part. See Def. 1, above. 8. Degree or variation of color, as darker or lighter, stronger or paler; as, a delicate shade of pink. White, red, yellow, blue, with their several degrees, or shades
• SHADER
  One who, or that which, shades.
• DOUBLE-SHADE
  To double the natural darkness of . Milton.
• OVERSHADE
  To cover with shade; to render dark or gloomy; to overshadow. Shak.
• NIGHTSHADE
  A common name of many species of the genus Solanum, given esp. to the Solanum nigrum, or black nightshade, a low, branching weed with small white flowers and black berries reputed to be poisonous. Deadly nightshade. Same as Belladonna
• SUNSHADE
  Anything used as a protection from the sun's rays. Specifically: A small parasol. An awning.
• INSHADED
  Marked with different shades. W. Browne.