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shading

[ shey-ding ]

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.


shading

/ ˈʃɪɪŋ /

noun

  1. the 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
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Word History and Origins

Origin of shading1

First recorded in 1605–15; shade + -ing 1
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By shading cacao trees on plantations, for example, it might be possible to improve harvests and potentially reduce the volatility of cocoa supplies.

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The sophisticated shadings of McDonald’s singing are of a piece with the character’s slightly affected manner of speech.

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“Nobody has even tried to clean up the narrative that I’m a villain,” Jess told her co-hosts, speaking to them face-to-face hours after shading them in a heated social media rant.

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“Don’t get too comfy girls, this isn’t going to take two minutes,” Vivienne said, shading her competitors.

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Interestingly, shading the plants while growing appears to change the nutritional composition of the leaf and may lead to higher levels of these phytonutrients in matcha compared to green tea.

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