shading

noun

shad·ing ˈshā-diŋ

: the use of marking made within outlines to suggest three-dimensionality, shadow, or degrees of light and dark in a picture or drawing

: an interpretative effect in music gained especially by subtle changes in dynamics

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Speaking with Variety on the red carpet at the award show, Torres shared that the cast was so excited to reunite, while also subtlety shading Markle. —

Lori A Bashian Fox News, Fox News, 28 Jan. 2025 The flashbacks just add shading and tidbits of information until the seventh of eight episodes, the last sent to critics. —

Daniel Fienberg, The Hollywood Reporter, 24 Jan. 2025 View gallery - 5 images Pine cones are pretty smart for things with no brains, enough so that scientists have copied them to create a unique window shading system. —

New Atlas, 17 Jan. 2025 Nvidia packs most of its shading resources into a logic block called a streaming multi-processor (SM) for ease of scalability. —

Michael Justin Allen Sexton, PCMAG, 9 Jan. 2025 See all Example Sentences for shading