Shading
['ʃeɪdɪŋ] or ['ʃedɪŋ]
Definition
(noun.) a gradation involving small or imperceptible differences between grades.
(noun.) graded markings that indicate light or shaded areas in a drawing or painting.
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Definition
(p. pr. & vb. n.) of Shade
(n.) Act or process of making a shade.
(n.) That filling up which represents the effect of more or less darkness, expressing rotundity, projection, etc., in a picture or a drawing.
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Examples
- Louisa,' said Mr. Gradgrind, shading his face with his hand, 'has always been my favourite child. Charles Dickens. Hard Times.
- For photo-lithography only line drawing, type print, or script, without any smooth shading, can be employed. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
- St. Clare had been sitting, during the whole time, with his hand shading his eyes, in the same attitude. Harriet Beecher Stowe. Uncle Tom's Cabin.
- Well, sir, returns the stationer, shading his communication with his hat, it falls a little hard upon me. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
- She rises from table, takes a lounging-chair, and reclines in it, shading her face. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
- The lawyer stands before the fire with his hand out at arm's length, shading his face. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
- When he had well examined it, he retired with Mr. Kenge into a window, and shading his mouth with his black glove, spoke to him at some length. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
- The twilight was by this time shading down into darkness; and dimly as they saw each other, they could not have done that without the aid of the fire. Charles Dickens. David Copperfield.
- And the lady, I fancy, is Miss Stoner, observed Holmes, shading his eyes. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes.
- By the use of this simple instrument, the laying on a single colour, or the delicate blending and shadings of two or more colours in very beautiful effects is easily produced. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
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