shading : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: shading	by the DICT Development Group
3 results for shading
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
shading n graded markings that indicate light or shaded areas in a drawing or painting a gradation involving small or imperceptible differences between grades Synonym(s): shading, blending
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Shading \Shad"ing\, n. 1. Act or process of making a shade. 2. That filling up which represents the effect of more or less darkness, expressing rotundity, projection, etc., in a picture or a drawing.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Shade \Shade\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Shaded}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Shading}.] 1. To shelter or screen by intercepting the rays of light; to keep off illumination from. --Milton. I went to crop the sylvan scenes, And shade our altars with their leafy greens. --Dryden. 2. To shelter; to cover from injury; to protect; to screen; to hide; as, to shade one's eyes. Ere in our own house I do shade my head. --Shak. 3. To obscure; to dim the brightness of. Thou shad'st The full blaze of thy beams. --Milton. 4. To pain in obscure colors; to darken. 5. To mark with gradations of light or color. 6. To present a shadow or image of; to shadow forth; to represent. [Obs.] [The goddess] in her person cunningly did shade That part of Justice which is Equity. --Spenser.