Shading
Pronunciation : Shad"ing
Part of Speech : n.
Definition : 1. Act or process of making a shade.
2. That filling up which represents the effect of more or less darkness, expressing rotundity, projection, etc., in a picture or a drawing.
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
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