transitive. To add shading to (a picture) (figurative in quot.). Obsolete. rare.

transitive. To cut, engrave, or draw a series of lines, usually parallel and close together, on (an object, surface, etc.), esp. in order to…

To depict the shadows in (an object, a scene); to place the shadows in (a picture or a part of it); to shade. Obsolete.

Painting and Drawing. To represent the shade or shadow on (an object); to furnish (a picture) with the indications of shade. In black-and-white or…