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▸  shack up PHRASAL VERB If you say that someone has shacked up with someone else or that two people have shacked up together, you disapprove of the fact that they have started living together as lovers. [INFORMAL , DISAPPROVAL ] □ [V P + with ] …the deserters who had shacked up with local women. □ [V P ] The Government was keen for people to get married rather than shack up. □ [be V -ed P ] It turned out she was shacked up with a lawyer in New York.

shack|le /ʃæ k ^ə l/ (shackles , shackling , shackled )

1 VERB [usu passive] If you are shackled by something, it prevents you from doing what you want to do. [FORMAL ] □ [be V -ed + by ] The trade unions are shackled by the law. □ [be V -ed + to ] …people who find themselves shackled to a high-stress job.

2 N‑PLURAL If you throw off the shackles of something, you reject it or free yourself from it because it was preventing you from doing what you wanted to do. [LITERARY ] □ [+ of ] …a country ready to throw off the shackles of its colonial past.

3 N‑PLURAL Shackles are two metal rings joined by a chain which are fastened around someone's wrists or ankles in order to prevent them from moving or escaping. □  He unbolted the shackles on Billy's hands.

4 VERB To shackle someone means to put shackles on them. □ [V n] …the chains that were shackling his legs.

shade ◆◇◇ /ʃe I d/ (shades , shading , shaded )

1 N‑COUNT [in N ] A shade of a particular colour is one of its different forms. For example, emerald green and olive green are shades of green. □ [+ of ] The walls were painted in two shades of green. □  …new eyeshadows in a choice of 80 shades.

2 N‑UNCOUNT [oft in the N ] Shade is an area of darkness under or next to an object such as a tree, where sunlight does not reach. □  Temperatures in the shade can reach forty-eight degrees Celsius at this time of year. □  …exotic trees provide welcome shade.

3 VERB If you say that a place or person is shaded by objects such as trees, you mean that the place or person cannot be reached, harmed, or bothered by strong sunlight because those objects are in the way. □ [be V -ed] …a health resort whose beaches are shaded by palm trees. □ [V n] Umbrellas shade outdoor cafes along winding cobblestone streets.

4 VERB If you shade your eyes, you put your hand or an object partly in front of your face in order to prevent a bright light from shining into your eyes. □ [V n] You can't look directly into it; you've got to shade your eyes or close them altogether.

5 N‑UNCOUNT Shade is darkness or shadows as they are shown in a picture. □  …Rembrandt's skilful use of light and shade to create the atmosphere of movement.

6 N‑COUNT [usu pl] The shades of something abstract are its many, slightly different forms. □ [+ of ] …the capacity to convey subtle shades of meaning.

7 VERB If something shades into something else, there is no clear division between the two things, so that you cannot tell where or when the first thing ends and the second thing begins. □ [V + into ] As the dusk shaded into night, we drove slowly through narrow alleys.

8 N‑PLURAL Shades are sunglasses . [INFORMAL ]

9 N‑COUNT A shade is the same as a lampshade .

10 N‑COUNT A shade is a piece of stiff cloth or heavy paper that you can pull down over a window as a covering. [AM ] □  Nancy left the shades down and the lights off. in BRIT, use blind 11 → see also shaded , shading

12 PHRASE To put someone or something in the shade means to be so impressive that the person or thing seems unimportant by comparison. □  …a run that put every other hurdler's performance in the shade.