shad ‧ ing /ˈʃeɪdɪŋ/ BrE AmE noun
1 . [uncountable] the areas of a drawing or painting that have been made to look darker
2 . shadings [plural] slight differences:
He didn’t understand the subtle shadings of legal language.
shad ‧ ing /ˈʃeɪdɪŋ/ BrE AmE noun
1 . [uncountable] the areas of a drawing or painting that have been made to look darker
2 . shadings [plural] slight differences:
He didn’t understand the subtle shadings of legal language.
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English. Longman - Словарь современного английского языка. 2012