shade vs slash

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. 

slash

verb
  • To criticize cuttingly. 

  • To strike swiftly and laterally with a hockey stick, usually across another player's arms or legs. 

  • To create slashes in a garment. 

  • To swing wildly at the ball. 

  • To clear land, (particularly forestry) with violent action such as logging or brushfires or (agriculture, uncommon) through grazing. 

  • To produce a similar wound with a savage strike of a whip. 

  • To write slash fiction. 

  • To piss, to urinate. 

  • To work in wet conditions. 

  • To reduce sharply. 

  • To move quickly and violently. 

  • To strike violently and randomly 

  • To crack a whip with a slashing motion. 

  • To cut with a swift broad stroke of an edged weapon. 

noun
  • A hard swift lateral strike with a hockey or lacrosse stick, usually across another player's arms or legs. 

  • A swampy area; a swamp. 

  • A clearing in a forest, (particularly) those made by logging, fire, or other violent action. 

  • Slash fiction. 

  • A cut or laceration, often deep, made by an edged weapon or whip. 

  • A deep taper-pointed incision in a plant. 

  • A piss: an act of urination. 

  • Female genitalia. 

  • A wild swinging strike of the bat. 

  • A swift, broad, cutting stroke made by an edged weapon or whip. 

  • A sharp reduction. 

  • A slit in an outer garment exposing a lining or inner garment, usually of a contrasting color or design; any intentional long vertical cut in a garment. 

  • The slash mark: the punctuation mark ⟨/⟩, sometimes (often proscribed) inclusive of any mark produced by a similar slashing movement of the pen, as the backslash ⟨\⟩. 

  • Any similar wide striking motion. 

  • A large quantity of watery food such as broth. 

  • The loose woody debris remaining from a slash, (particularly forestry) the trimmings left while preparing felled trees for removal. 

conj
  • Used to connect two or more identities in a list. 

  • Used to list alternatives. 

adv
  • Used to note the sound or action of a slash. 

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