shading Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun graded markings that indicate light or shaded areas in a drawing or painting
  2. noun a gradation involving small or imperceptible differences between grades
    blending.
  3. verb cast a shadow over
    shadow; shade off; shade.
  4. verb represent the effect of shade or shadow on
    fill in; shade.
  5. verb protect from light, heat, or view
    shade.
    • Shade your eyes when you step out into the bright sunlight
  6. verb vary slightly
    shade.
    • shade the meaning
  7. verb pass from one quality such as color to another by a slight degree
    shade.
    • the butterfly wings shade to yellow

WordNet

Shad"ing noun
Definitions
  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.

Webster 1913