shaded

American  

[shey-did] / ˈʃeɪ dɪd /

adjective

Printing.

1. noting or pertaining to an ornamented type in which a thin white line appears along one edge of each of the main strokes of a character.

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Other Word Forms

• shadedness
  noun
• well-shaded
  adjective

Etymology

Origin of shaded

First recorded in 1575–85; shade + -ed ²

Explanation

Anything that's shaded is protected from the direct light of the sun, like a shaded patio or your shaded spot on the sand under a beach umbrella. This adjective can be used in two ways: first, to describe things that are blocked from the light or heat. That shaded section of your yard is a terrible place to plant sunflowers! In art, shaded areas are those parts of a picture that you color slightly darker, to capture the sense of a shadow. Shaded is from shade, which has a root that means "dark."

Example Sentences

But Araki has shaded in the margins masterfully, with vivid supporting turns by Chase Sui Wonders, Daveed Diggs and the now-ubiquitous Charli XCX.

From Los Angeles Times • May 14, 2026

Schools do not have requirements in place to provide shaded areas on sunny days.

From BBC • May 13, 2026

They use shaded rest breaks, cloth-cooled water bottles and staggered hours to survive.

From Barron's • May 10, 2026

Everyone has been lovingly shaded in with texture and authenticity — two things that aren’t always pretty.

From Salon • May 1, 2026

A man came out of the house where “una gente rica” lived, his eyes shaded by a straw sombrero.

From "When I Was Puerto Rican" by Esmeralda Santiago

Related Words

• dusky
• leafy
• screened
• sheltered