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Shading   /ʃˈeɪdɪŋ/   Listen
Shading

noun
1.
Graded markings that indicate light or shaded areas in a drawing or painting.
2.
A gradation involving small or imperceptible differences between grades.  Synonym: blending.


Shade

verb
(past & past part. shaded; pres. part. shading)
1.
Cast a shadow over.  Synonyms: shade off, shadow.
2.
Represent the effect of shade or shadow on.  Synonym: fill in.
3.
Protect from light, heat, or view.
4.
Vary slightly.
5.
Pass from one quality such as color to another by a slight degree.



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"Shading" Quotes from Famous Books



... with its drooping boughs shading the monument I have just described, grows a weeping-willow tree, of such great size, that its top, from half way up, can be plainly discerned from almost every corner of the village green; and it is, withal, of such perfect symmetry of form, that on a moonlight night it ...
— The Atlantic Monthly, Vol. I, No. 1, Nov. 1857 • Various
... candle. The match flickers for a moment, and shows great mounds of dusty rags upon the ground; then dies away and leaves a denser darkness than before, if there can be degrees in such extremes. He stumbles down the stairs and presently comes back, shading a flaring taper with his hand. Then the mounds of rags are seen to be astir, and rise slowly up, and the floor is covered with heaps of negro women, waking from their sleep: their white teeth chattering, and their bright eyes glistening and winking on all sides with surprise ...
— American Notes for General Circulation • Charles Dickens
... purchase at all events a certain toleration of their personal presence in genteel circles. It is a thoroughly developed aristocracy of planters, with a strong infusion of mercantile speculation and a slight shading of ...
— The History of Rome (Volumes 1-5) • Theodor Mommsen
... four thousand five hundred of the flower of the Canadian contingent. Four thousand five hundred young men who made the extreme sacrifice for King, for Flag, for Country, for Right. They lie in their narrow beds of earth, and over them wave the shading leaves of maple trees. For thoughtful citizens sent over and had planted "Canada's little maple grove"—a monument in a strange country to the men who fought and died and ...
— Private Peat • Harold R. Peat
... to pull out at dawn, I suppose you've heard, and I shouldn't like to leave I.O.U.'s—here!" And now the cheery confidence seemed evaporating. Willett's face was shading. ...
— Tonio, Son of the Sierras - A Story of the Apache War • Charles King


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