(adj) of or relating to or characteristic of the Republic of Chad or its people or language, Example:the Chadian desert; Chad soldiers; Chadian folktales
(n) of questionable honesty or legality, Example:they acted with such obvious shadiness that they were instantly recognizable; the shadiness of their transactions
(n) bushy perennial of South Africa with white or violet flowers; in its native region often clothes entire valley sides in a sheet of color, Syn. Arctotis venusta, Arctotis stoechadifolia
(n) a family of Afroasiatic tonal languages (mostly two tones) spoken in the regions west and south of Lake Chad in north central Africa, Syn. Chadic language, Chadic
(n) a military force of Muslim guerilla warriors engaged in a jihad, Syn. mujahadin, mujahedin, mujahideen, mujahadein, mujahadeen, mujahedeen, Example:some call the mujahidin international warriors but others just call them terrorists
(n) relative darkness caused by light rays being intercepted by an opaque body, Syn. shadowiness, shadiness, Example:it is much cooler in the shade; there's too much shadiness to take good photographs
(n) (Islam) the way of life prescribed as normative for Muslims on the basis of the teachings and practices of Muhammad and interpretations of the Koran, Syn. hadith, Sunna
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English (GCIDE) v.0.53 Collaborative International Dictionary (GCIDE)
n. 1. Act or process of making a shade. [ 1913 Webster ]
2. That filling up which represents the effect of more or less darkness, expressing rotundity, projection, etc., in a picture or a drawing. [ 1913 Webster ]