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nouna slight variation or difference of color, character, etc. the act of a person or thing that shades. the representation of the different values of color or light and dark in a painting or drawing. Origin of shadingFirst recorded in 1605–15; shade + -ing1 Words nearby shadingshade-grown, shades, shades of, shade tree, shadfly, shading, shadkhan, shadoof, shadow, shadow bands, shadowbox Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for shadingAlong the way, I got an education in shading, depth, perspective, and all the other basics of drawing. There’s Nothing Wrong—and a Lot That’s Right—About Copying Other Artists|Malcolm Jones|January 26, 2014|DAILY BEAST It's about 10-12 feet high, maybe more, shading her windows and dropping leaves into her yard. Should Cities Ban Invasive Plants?|Megan McArdle|February 8, 2013|DAILY BEAST At the dress rehearsal she stopped in mid-squat and, shading her eyes, peered out into the auditorium. Kevin Spacey on Casino Jack|Kevin Sessums|December 14, 2010|DAILY BEAST Her characters are two-dimensional with no shading, nuance, or mixed emotions. Capitalism's Wicked Witch|Allen Barra|November 27, 2009|DAILY BEAST
The shading in of human particulars is what makes this so unsettling. Obama's Euthanasia Mistake|Lee Siegel|August 11, 2009|DAILY BEAST So perfect was the shading of the scallops, that it looked like a most delicate work of art rather than the production of nature. In the Rocky Mountains|W. H. G. Kingston She looked at him critically from under her shading lashes—but her eyes grew gentler almost at once. The Magnificent Ambersons|Booth Tarkington She held the light before Hugh, shading it with her veil, for his eyes were dazed with long gazing into darkness. Red Pottage|Mary Cholmondeley She rose up, took the light and went out, shading the light with her hand in order to see through the darkness. Original Short Stories, Volume 9 (of 13)|Guy de Maupassant Then there is the infinite diversity of coloring—the soft brown, the shading off into pale yellow, and the delicate May-green. The Continental Monthly, Vol. 2 No 4, October, 1862|Various
British Dictionary definitions for shading
nounthe graded areas of tone, lines, dots, etc, indicating light and dark in a painting or drawing Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 Words related to shadingdim, darken, shield, mute, conceal, blacken, obscure, gray, protect, hide, umbrage, shelter, overshadow, screen, cover, adumbrate, shutter, deepen, shadow, eclipse |