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- [shey-ding]
- /ˈʃeɪ dɪŋ/
- /ʃeɪd/
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- [shey-ding]
- /ˈʃeɪ dɪŋ/
Definitions of shading word
- noun shading the comparative darkness caused by the interception or screening of rays of light from an object, place, or area. 1
- noun shading a place or an area of comparative darkness, as one sheltered from the sun. 1
- noun shading window shade. 1
- noun shading a lampshade. 1
- noun shading shades. darkness gathering at the close of day: Shades of night are falling. Informal. sunglasses. a reminder of something: shades of the Inquisition. 1
- noun shading Usually, shades. a secluded or obscure place: He was living in the shades. 1
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Origin of shading
First appearance:
before 1605 One of the 40% oldest English words
First recorded in 1605-15; shade + -ing1
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Parts of speech for Shading
noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
shading popularity
A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 86% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".
shading usage trend in Literature
This diagram is provided by Google Ngram ViewerSynonyms for shading
noun shading
- coloring — The coloring of something is the color or colors that it is.
- imbuement — to impregnate or inspire, as with feelings, opinions, etc.: The new political leader was imbued with the teachings of Mahatma Gandhi.
- intinction — (in a communion service) the act of steeping the bread or wafer in the wine in order to enable the communicant to receive the two elements conjointly.
- colouring — The colouring of something is the colour or colours that it is.
- eclipse — Astronomy. the obscuration of the light of the moon by the intervention of the earth between it and the sun (lunar eclipse) or the obscuration of the light of the sun by the intervention of the moon between it and a point on the earth (solar eclipse) a similar phenomenon with respect to any other planet and either its satellite or the sun. the partial or complete interception of the light of one component of a binary star by the other.
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