shading

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shading

  1. present participle and gerund of shade

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shading (countable and uncountable, plural shadings)

  1. The act or result of something being shaded.
    the delicate shadings of colour in the painted sunset
  2. Something providing shade.
    • 1843, W. H. Maxwell, The Fortunes of Hector O’Halloran, and His Man Mark Antony O’Toole[1], page 49:
      We placed ourselves on a rustic bench under the shading of a fine old elm; ...

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