put down vs shade

put down

verb
  • To insult, belittle, or demean. 

  • To drop someone off, or let them out of a vehicle. 

  • To euthanize (an animal). 

  • To make prices, or taxes, lower. 

  • To pay. 

  • To terminate a call; to hang up. 

  • To give something as a reason for something else. 

  • To add a name to a list. 

  • To halt, eliminate, stop, or squelch, often by force. 

  • To land. 

  • Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see put, down. 

  • To execute (a person), especially extrajudicially. 

  • To write (something). 

  • To place a baby somewhere to sleep. 

  • To cease, temporarily or permanently, reading (a book). 

shade

verb
  • To throw shade, to subtly insult someone. 

  • To shield (someone or something) from light. 

  • To reduce (a window) so that only its title bar is visible. 

  • To alter slightly. 

  • To move slightly from one's normal fielding position. 

  • To vary or approach something slightly, particularly in color. 

  • To darken, particularly in drawing. 

  • To surpass by a narrow margin. 

  • To shield oneself from light. 

noun
  • Something that blocks light, particularly in a window. 

  • A variety of a colour/color, in particular one obtained by adding black (compare tint). 

  • An aspect that is reminiscent of something. 

  • A very small degree of a quantity, or variety of meaning 

  • A ghost or specter; a spirit. 

  • A subtle variation in a concept. 

  • A postage stamp showing an obvious difference in colour/color to the original printing and needing a separate catalogue/catalog entry. 

  • Subtle insults. 

  • A candle-shade. 

  • A cover around or above a light bulb, a lampshade. 

  • Darkness where light, particularly sunlight, is blocked. 

How often have the words put down and shade occurred in a corpus of books? (source: Google Ngram Viewer )