shading
a 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.
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How to use shading in a sentence
A slope-angle shading feature allows you to easily visualize the steepness of hills to help keep you out of avalanche terrain.
One puzzle required shading or erasing squares on a grid to make some pattern symmetrical.
Most people will add something — even when subtracting makes more sense | Sujata Gupta | May 10, 2021 | Science News For StudentsFor example, one puzzle required shading or erasing squares on a grid to make a pattern symmetric.
People add by default even when subtraction makes more sense | Sujata Gupta | April 7, 2021 | Science NewsIt’s like rubbing your finger over a pencil drawing to even out the shading.
You can toggle area avalanche warnings on and off, or apply a slope shading layer that allows you to easily identify hazardous terrain.
The houses, under shading trees, seem drawn into themselves.
Stanley Booth on the Life and Hard Times of Blues Genius Furry Lewis | Stanley Booth | June 7, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTDarker colors indicate higher values; gray shading indicates unavailable data.
See How Your County’s Average Income Tax Bill Stacks Up Nationwide | The Daily Beast | April 15, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTAlong 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 | THE DAILY BEASTIt's about 10-12 feet high, maybe more, shading her windows and dropping leaves into her yard.
At the dress rehearsal she stopped in mid-squat and, shading her eyes, peered out into the auditorium.
Down in the field Tim appeared from the maze of corn-stalks and looked my way beneath a shading hand.
The Soldier of the Valley | Nelson LloydAgain Tim appeared from the maze of corn and stood shading his eyes and gazing toward the house.
The Soldier of the Valley | Nelson LloydThe better way is to make only two qualities of the wrappers in shading—viz., light and dark cinnamon "selections."
Tobacco; Its History, Varieties, Culture, Manufacture and Commerce | E. R. Billings.He pulled the curtains apart and shading his eyes from the light of the room looked down towards the city.
Ancestors | Gertrude AthertonThen he walked straight to the pantry window, and shading his eyes with his hands, carefully took stock of the interior.
The Pit Town Coronet, Volume II (of 3) | Charles James Wills
British Dictionary definitions for shading
/ (ˈʃeɪdɪŋ) /
the graded areas of tone, lines, dots, etc, indicating light and dark in a painting or drawing
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