opaquing
Making something impenetrable
Opaquing is the act of making something opaque—blocking light or obscuring visibility.
The term appears in technical contexts: photographers opaquing negatives to block unwanted light, dentists applying opaquing agents to mask discolored teeth, or designers opaquing backgrounds in digital images.
She spent an hour opaquing the scratches on the film.
Concealing with covering
- shroudingCovering to conceal
- maskingConcealing by covering
- concealingKeeping something secret
- screeningEvaluative selection process
cloaking · clouding · fogging · hazing · misting · dimming · shadowing · darkening
Making less distinct
- smudgingMaking blurry marks
- softeningBecoming less firm
- scatteringDistribution in many directions
- dispersingSpreading widely apart
haziness · muddying · murkiness · nebulousness · graying · milkiness · translucence · fuzziness
Staying out of sight
- camouflagingConcealing by blending in
- disguisingConcealing by altered appearance
- obfuscatingMaking unclear or confusing
- secretingEmitting from glands
covering · burying · encrypting · redacting · censoring · anonymizing · privatizing
Sweet cake covering
- mattingWoven protective surface
- tintingApplying light color
- lacqueringApplying glossy protective coating
- glazingGlossy protective coating
enameling · varnishing · priming · painting · staining · sealing · waxing · laminating
veiling
Concealing with covering
- shroudingCovering to conceal
- maskingConcealing by covering
- concealingKeeping something secret
screening · cloaking · clouding · fogging · hazing · misting · dimming · shadowing · darkening · eclipsing
blurring
Making less distinct
- smudgingMaking blurry marks
- softeningBecoming less firm
- scatteringDistribution in many directions
dispersing · haziness · muddying · murkiness · nebulousness · graying · milkiness · translucence · fuzziness · indistinctness
hiding
Staying out of sight
- camouflagingConcealing by blending in
- disguisingConcealing by altered appearance
- obfuscatingMaking unclear or confusing
secreting · covering · burying · encrypting · redacting · censoring · anonymizing · privatizing
frosting
Sweet cake covering
- mattingWoven protective surface
- tintingApplying light color
- lacqueringApplying glossy protective coating
glazing · enameling · varnishing · priming · painting · staining · sealing · waxing · laminating · plastering
opaquingclearing
Treeless space in forest
brightening · illuminating · lightening · unfogging · unclouding
opaquingclarifying
Making something understandable
elucidating · explaining · illuminating · revealing · demystifying
opaque, opacity, translucency, opaqueness, opaquer, opaquely, opaques, opacify, nonopaque