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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 : [ gcide ]


  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.
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              I went to crop the sylvan scenes,
              And shade our altars with their leafy greens.
                                                    --Dryden.
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     2. To shelter; to cover from injury; to protect; to screen;
        to hide; as, to shade one's eyes.
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              Ere in our own house I do shade my head. --Shak.
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     3. To obscure; to dim the brightness of.
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              Thou shad'st
              The full blaze of thy beams.          --Milton.
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     4. To pain in obscure colors; to darken.
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     5. To mark with gradations of light or color.
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     6. To present a shadow or image of; to shadow forth; to
        represent. [Obs.]
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              [The goddess] in her person cunningly did shade
              That part of Justice which is Equity. --Spenser.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 : [ gcide ]


  Shading \Shad"ing\, n.
     1. Act or process of making a shade.
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     2. That filling up which represents the effect of more or
        less darkness, expressing rotundity, projection, etc., in
        a picture or a drawing.
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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.

From WordNet (r) 2.0 : [ wn ]


  shading
       n 1: graded markings that indicate light or shaded areas in a
            drawing or painting
       2: a gradation involving small or imperceptible differences
          between grades [syn: blending]

From Greek Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-el-ALL-2023-07-27 ]


  shading
     Αγγλικά n.
     η σκίαση

From English Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-ALL-2023-07-27 ]


  shading
     n.
     The act or result of something being shaded.
     vb.
     (present participle of en shade nocat=1)

From English Wiktionary: English language only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-en-2023-07-27 ]


  shading
     n.
     The act or result of something being shaded.
     vb.
     (present participle of en shade nocat=1)

From English Wiktionary: Western, Greek, and Slavonic languages only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western_Greek_Slavonic-2023-07-27 ]


  shading
     n.
     The act or result of something being shaded.
     vb.
     (present participle of en shade nocat=1)

From English Wiktionary: Western languages only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western-2023-07-27 ]


  shading
     n.
     The act or result of something being shaded.
     vb.
     (present participle of en shade nocat=1)

From Finnish Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-fi-ALL-2023-07-27 ]


  shading
     Englanti vb.
     (en-v-taivm s had ing e)

From Swedish Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-sv-ALL-2023-07-27 ]


  shading
     Engelska a.
     (avledning en shade ordform=prespart)
     Engelska vb.
     (böjning en verb shade)

From English-Arabic FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.6.3 : [ freedict:eng-ara ]


  Shading /ʃˈeɪdɪŋ/
  التظليل

From English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 : [ freedict:eng-ces ]


  shading /ʃˈeɪdɪŋ/ 
  stínování

From English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 : [ freedict:eng-ces ]


  shading /ʃˈeɪdɪŋ/
  clonící