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Grammar : Verb
Spell : shey-ding
Phonetic Transcription : ˈʃeɪ dɪŋ

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Définition of shading

Origin :
  • Middle English schade, Kentish ssed, from late Old English scead "partial darkness; shelter, protection," also partly from sceadu "shade, shadow, darkness; shady place, arbor, protection from glare or heat," both from Proto-Germanic *skadwaz (cf. Old Saxon skado, Middle Dutch scade, Dutch schaduw, Old High German scato, German Schatten, Gothic skadus), from PIE *skot-wo-, from root *skot- "dark, shade" (cf. Greek skotos "darkness, gloom," Albanian kot "darkness," Old Irish scath, Old Welsh scod, Breton squeut "darkness," Gaelic sgath "shade, shadow, shelter").
  • Figurative use in reference to comparative obscurity is from 1640s. Meaning "a ghost" is from 1610s; dramatic (or mock-dramatic) expression "shades of _____" to invoke or acknowledge a memory is from 1818, from the "ghost" sense. Meaning "lamp cover" is from 1780. Sense of "window blind" first recorded 1845. Meaning "cover to protect the eyes" is from 1801. Meaning "grade of color" first recorded 1680s; that of "degree or gradiation of darkness in a color" is from 1680s (cf. nuance, from French nue "cloud"). Meaning "small amount or degree" is from 1782.
  • verb shut out the light
Example sentences :
  • "It is the Seneschal of Toulouse, with his following," said Johnston, shading his eyes with his hand.
  • Extract from : « The White Company » by Arthur Conan Doyle
  • "I can also see it," said Alleyne, shading his eyes with his hand.
  • Extract from : « The White Company » by Arthur Conan Doyle
  • He bade her follow him; and, shading the light with his hand, crept up the stairs.
  • Extract from : « Night and Morning, Complete » by Edward Bulwer-Lytton
  • The hand did duty now for a moment, shading his eyes from the light.
  • Extract from : « Tip Lewis and His Lamp » by Pansy
  • The man sat up, and shading his eyes with his hand peered at us.
  • Extract from : « My Double Life » by Sarah Bernhardt
  • Howbeit, happen what may, every colour must in shading keep to its own class.
  • Extract from : « Albert Durer » by T. Sturge Moore
  • He broke off, shading his eyes from the burning sunlight of the valley.
  • Extract from : « The Law-Breakers » by Ridgwell Cullum
  • Colonel Bishop halted to consider her, shading his eyes with his fleshly hand.
  • Extract from : « Captain Blood » by Rafael Sabatini
  • Doña Jocasta stood gazing after him intently, shading her eyes with her hand.
  • Extract from : « The Treasure Trail » by Marah Ellis Ryan
  • He raised his hand to his eyes as if shading them from the sun, and brushed the tears away.
  • Extract from : « Hidden Water » by Dane Coolidge

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