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Yes, shade is playable

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"Shade" Definition

noun

A disembodied spirit; a ghost.
A present reminder of a person or situation in the past: shades of my high-school days.
A slight difference or variation; a nuance: shades of meaning.
A small amount; a trace: detected a shade of bitterness in her remarks.
An area or a space of partial darkness.

verb

To shelter or screen by intercepting radiated light or heat.
To cover with a shade.
To hide partly by or as if by a .
To darken with or as if with a shadow.
To better or exceed by a shade.

verb-transitive

To cause shade in or on.
To change or vary by slight degrees: shade the meaning.
To make a slight reduction in: shade prices.
To obscure or darken.
To produce (gradations of light or color) in a drawing or picture.

verb-intransitive

To pass from one quality, color, or thing to another by very slight changes or degrees.

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