Definitions for shading

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shading shad·ing

Spelling: [shey-ding]

IPA: /ˈʃeɪ dɪŋ/

Shading is a 7 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 12 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 13 points.

You can make 199 anagrams from letters in shading (adghins).

Definitions for shading

noun

1. a slight variation or difference of color, character, etc.
2. the act of a person or thing that shades.
3. the representation of the different values of color or light and dark in a painting or drawing.
4. the comparative darkness caused by the interception or screening of rays of light from an object, place, or area.
5. a place or an area of comparative darkness, as one sheltered from the sun.
6. window shade.
7. a lampshade.
8. shades. darkness gathering at the close of day: Informal. sunglasses. a reminder of something:
9. Usually, shades. a secluded or obscure place:
10. comparative obscurity.
11. a specter or ghost.
12. Greek and Roman Religion. one of the spirits of the dead inhabiting Hades.
13. a shadow.
14. the degree of darkness of a color, determined by the quantity of black or by the lack of illumination.
15. comparative darkness, as the effect of shadow or dark and light, in pictorial representation; the dark part, or a dark part, of a picture or drawing.
16. a slight variation or degree:
17. a little bit; touch, especially of something that may change the color of or lighten or darken something else:
18. anything used for protection against excessive light, heat, etc.
19. (in architectural shades and shadows) a shadow upon those parts of a solid that are tangent to or turned away from the parallel rays from the theoretical light source. Compare shadow (def 11).
20. the shades, Hades, as the abode of the spirits of the dead.

Idioms

1. cast / put someone in / into the shade, to make another person's efforts seem insignificant by comparison; surpass:
2. throw shade, Slang. to insult, criticize, or disrespect a person or thing in an indirect, artful manner:

Verb phrases

1. shade up, Agriculture. to take shelter (as livestock) from the sun.

verb (used with object)

1. to produce shade in or on.
2. to obscure, dim, or darken.
3. to screen or hide from view.
4. to protect (something) from light, heat, etc., by or as by a screen:
5. to cover or screen (a candle, light, etc.):
6. Fine Arts. to introduce degrees of darkness into (a drawing or painting) in order to render light and shadow or give the effect of color. to render the values of light and dark in (a drawn figure, object, etc.), especially in order to create the illusion of three-dimensionality.
7. to change by imperceptible degrees into something else.
8. to reduce (the price) by way of a concession.
9. Slang. to insult, criticize, or disrespect (a person or thing) in an indirect, artful manner:

verb (used without object)

1. to pass or change by slight graduations, as one color, quality, or thing into another.

Origin of shading

First recorded in 1605-15; shade + -ing¹

Examples for shading

The shading in of human particulars is what makes this so unsettling.

He bade her follow him; and, shading the light with his hand, crept up the stairs.

Her characters are two-dimensional with no shading, nuance, or mixed emotions.

The man sat up, and shading his eyes with his hand peered at us.

The hand did duty now for a moment, shading his eyes from the light.

"It is the Seneschal of Toulouse, with his following," said Johnston, shading his eyes with his hand.

At the dress rehearsal she stopped in mid-squat and, shading her eyes, peered out into the auditorium.

"I can also see it," said Alleyne, shading his eyes with his hand.

Along the way, I got an education in shading, depth, perspective, and all the other basics of drawing.

It's about 10-12 feet high, maybe more, shading her windows and dropping leaves into her yard.