Keep
Keep verb - To mark with an appropriate practice, rite, or ceremony.
Shade
Shade verb - To shelter (something) from light and heat.
How words are described
| human | human keep | human shade |
| clear | clear keep | clear shade |
| normal | normal keep | normal shade |
| usual | usual keep | usual shade |
| Other adjectives: specific, original, proper, single, slight, dark, ominous, inner. | ||
Common collocations
| power | keep power | shade power |
| people | keep people | shade people |
| characters | keep characters | shade characters |
| hair | keep hair | shade hair |
| Other words: eyes. | ||
Both words in one sentence
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The only thing in his design that doesn't change are his eyes, which not only remain a specific shade of blue but also keep the same basic shape when in both forms.
Source: Disney / Beauty and the Beast -
But when you go to confront the Programmer in his keep, the sky takes on a much more darker and ominous shade of blood-red.
Source: Video Game / Strife -
When he dyed his hair (as explained below) he liked it enough to keep it and recolor it into a softer shade of cotton candy pink.
Source: Lets Play / Markiplier
Cite this Source
Shade and Keep. (2016). Retrieved 2026, August 03, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/keep/shade
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