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छाया — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • ghost noun The soul of a dead person believed to appear to or haunt the living.
  • shade noun An area of relative darkness where direct sunlight is blocked.
  • shadow noun A dark shape cast on a surface when something blocks light.
  • silhouette noun A dark solid outline or shape seen against a lighter background, showing only the outer form.

Senses

छाया is used for these senses in English:

  • silhouette artistic depiction in the form of an outline without any other visual details
  • ghost spirit appearing after death
  • shadow dark image projected onto a surface
  • shade darkness where light is blocked

ghost — full definition

  1. noun The soul of a dead person believed to appear to or haunt the living.
  2. verb To suddenly stop all communication with someone, especially in a relationship, without any explanation.
  3. verb To secretly write or produce work credited to someone else (short for ghostwrite).
  4. verb To make a visual element look faint or grayed-out to show it can't currently be used.

shade — full definition

  1. noun An area of relative darkness where direct sunlight is blocked.
  2. noun A particular variation of a color.
  3. noun A subtly insulting remark (often "throw shade").
  4. verb To block or shield from light.

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