Word Finder - shading

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To shield from light.

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The old oak tree shaded the lawn in the heat of the day.

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To alter slightly.

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Most politicians will shade the truth if it helps them.

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To vary or approach something slightly, particularly in color.

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The hillside was bright green, shading towards gold in the drier areas.

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(of a defensive player) To move slightly from one's normal fielding position.

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Jones will shade a little to the right on this pitch count.

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To darken, particularly in drawing.

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I draw contours first, gradually shading in midtones and shadows.

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To surpass by a narrow margin.

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Both parties claimed afterwards that their man did best in the debate, but an early opinion poll suggested Mr Cameron shaded it.

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To reduce (a window) so that only its title bar is visible.

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To shelter; to cover from injury; to protect; to screen.

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To present a shadow or image of; to shadow forth; to represent.

You could add some shading to your bunny drawing.

Shading the glass with canvas or washes during the summer months has the same object in view.

A large space around the greatly developed callosities on the buttocks, as well as the upper part of the insides of the thighs, is naked and of a crimson colour, shading off on the sides to lilac or blue, which, depending upon injection of the superficial blood-vessels, varies in intensity according to the condition of the animal - increasing under excitement, fading during sickness, and disappearing after death.

Broadly speaking it may be said that a distinction may be drawn between " spirits " and " gods," but it is a distinction of degree rather than of kind, obvious enough at the upper end, yet shading off into manifold varieties of resemblance in the lower forms. Some writers only recognize friendly agencies as gods; but destructive powers like the volcano, or the lords of the underworld, cannot be regarded as the protectors of the life of man, yet they seem in many mythologies to attain the full personalised stature of gods with definite names.

They do not need shading, but should have plenty of air, and be syringed daily in the afternoon.

Amongst the loose tissue of the leaf numerous transparent threads are shown; these are the mycelial threads or spawn of the fungus; wherever they touch the leaf-cells they pierce or break down the tissue, and so set up decomposition, as indicated by the darker shading.

The general colour of the surface is black above and grey below, the colours gradually shading into each other.

She turned, doing a pirouette—a full circle, hand shading her eyes like an Indian scout.

She wore a shift sheer enough for him to see the shading of her curves.

Louvrelong glazed elevations incorporate solar shading devices in the form of fixed louvers and access walkways, constructed from Western Red Cedar.

For this type of shading I use opacity 20% and hardness 0 %, with a brush size of between 8 and 15.

Nonetheless, even in this section much of his exposition is ironic, sometimes shading off into heavy sarcasm.

Seal Head and body an even rich dark sepia, shading only slightly paler on lower flanks, cheat and belly.

We can see more about the distribution by clicking the ' Clear ' button which removes the symbol shading.

The permanent planting areas can be placed at the northern end to reduce shading of the plot.

They also have some areas covered in black netting to provide shading.

Left ungrazed the heathland becomes invaded with scrub, causing heavy shading that will kill off the heathland vegetation.

The value of each node is shown by the depth of the gray shading.

This helps to blacken the image up a bit, without harming the more delicate pencil shading.

I did so in order to play Deus Ex 2, which requires pixel shading.

The variance explained by Z alone is not shown by node shading.

That said " glass enclosures " of this type are not fully complete without some form of sun shading or blinds.

For 1960-1, the cover size was reduced and new clearer cartography was introduced, highlighting trunk roads and omitting relief shading.

Yellow on a white background, background shading, large areas of solid black, or gray shading, do not reproduce well.

Dark Eyed Honey A deep orange color shading from the spine to the belly which should be white.

The entrance block provides some shading to the wings to prevent overheating in the summer afternoon sun.

A flower shaped dedicated lens hood is included, which ensures optimum shading at both super wide-angle 19mm and standard 35mm wide-angle.

The spot or patch is an area of injury; on (or in) it the cell-contents are suffering destruction from shading, blocking of stomata, loss of substance or direct mechanical injury, and the plant suffers in proportion to the area of leaf surface put out of action.

The arrangement of the leaves on the stem and branches (see Phyllotaxy, below) is such as to prevent the upper leaves shading the lower, and the shape of the leaf serves towards the same end - the disposition of leaves on a branch or stem is often seen to form a "mosaic," each leaf fitting into the space between neighbouring leaves and the branch on which they are borne without overlapping.

The short, round- shouldered Captain Tushin, stumbling over the tail of the gun carriage, moved forward and, not noticing the general, looked out shading his eyes with his small hand.

Little Tushin, moving feebly and awkwardly, kept telling his orderly to "refill my pipe for that one!" and then, scattering sparks from it, ran forward shading his eyes with his small hand to look at the French.

The sun had risen brightly and its slanting rays struck straight into Napoleon's face as, shading his eyes with his hand, he looked at the fleches.

Where dunes are fairly stable ranker grasses and scrub species might seed in, shading out some of the more interesting low-growing vegetation.

Dark shading around Sandey indicates approximate lakebed extent of the scoria cone.

Tabby shading, if any, to tone with the points.

Solar shading would normally be provided against summer overheating.

Start looking for a very subtle light shading to appear on the Moon 's left portion.

An enormous variety of vertical shading devices are readily available.

You will notice that the shading patterns displayed in the diagram below all display " fuzzy " edges.

We can also simulate sun paths to determine the shading effects created by proposed or existing constructions.

Any shading on subjects, such as pollen, should be done using the stipple technique described earlier.

Any shading on the body will show the underlying tabby pattern which may be ticked, spotted, mackerel or classic.

For heat you can get automatic vent openers around £ 20.00, solar powered fans (more sun more whir) and shading.

Wildcat VP supports the emerging high-level shading languages, such as OpenGL 2.0.

Employ shading device like canopies or trees to block sun in hot weather.

In warmer months, shading devices such as roof overhangs, trees, blinds and awnings can help to mitigate the heat transfer.

Found as an insert with the pages of Vogue, it offers advice ranging from color shading to makeup tips.

Blend a black eye shadow on the eyelids, the forehead and onto the cheekbones to create realistic shading.

Optics offer Lens Peripheral Illumination Correction, which automatically compensates to prevent vignetting and lens shading, resulting in evenly balanced exposures.

Use chalk to add shading to your scrapbook die cuts.