unshade

English

Etymology

un- +‎ shade

Verb

unshade (third-person singular simple present unshades, present participle unshading, simple past and past participle unshaded)

1. (transitive) To remove a shade from.
   • 1846, George Payne R. James, The step-mother: or, Evil doings:

     […] remember, Miles, not to unshade the lantern till we are close to the entrance of the cave.

   • 1859, Charles Dickens, A Tale of Two Cities:

     He leaned an elbow on her table, and covered his eyes with his hand. […] He unshaded his face after a little while, and spoke steadily.

2. (graphical user interface, transitive) To restore a window from its shaded (collapsed) state.

Anagrams

• Dushane, unheads