Collocations for "shading"
Common phrases and expressions where native English speakers use the word "shading" in context.
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shade
ⓘMost examples are given in US English. We have labeled exceptions as UK.n
- in the shade of the [bus shelter, tree, awning]
- the shade [given, provided] by the [bus shelter]
- [stand, sit, wait, lie down] in the shade
- [stand] in the shade to [keep cool, cool down]
- looking for some shade to sit in
- there is no shade (around) here
- a piece of shade
- not too hot in the shade
- must be at least [eighty] in the shade
- a shade of [red, blue, green]
- a [dark, vivid, bright] shade of
- paint the [walls, surfaces] with a lighter shade
- doesn't make a shade of difference
- shades of the [war, Inquisition]
- [coffee, tea] with a shade of milk
- a shade under one-hundred [degrees, miles]
- a shade [better, worse] than yesterday
- bought a new pair of shades
- nice shades, man
- the trees shaded [him, the garden]
- the [house, property, garden] is shaded by trees
- [hat, she] shaded her face (with her hand)
- shade your [eyes, forehead, baby] from the sun
- shade yourself from the [light, sun]
- shade yourself from [reality, the truth]
- shaded from (the glare of) the sun (by)
- shade the [plants, tomatoes]
- shade [the figures, the features, your sketch, your drawing]
- shade in the [figures]
- shaded (in) using [a pencil, pencils, ink]
- shaded (in) [with, using] cross-hatching
'shading' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):