shadow
Noun · VerbOpen English WordNet
Noun (9)shadows
- shade within clear boundariesType of shade, shadinessKinds umbra, penumbra
- an unilluminated area“he moved off into the darkness”Synonyms: darknessdarkType of scene
- something existing in perception only“a ghostly apparition at midnight”Synonyms: apparitionphantomphantasmphantasmafantasmType of illusion, semblanceKinds ghost, unidentified flying object, Flying Dutchman
- a premonition of something adverse“a shadow over his happiness”Type of foreboding, premonition
- an indication that something has been present“there wasn't a trace of evidence for the claim”“a tincture of condescension”Synonyms: tracevestigetinctureType of indication, indicantKinds footprint
- refuge from danger or observation“he felt secure in his father's shadow”Type of recourse, refuge
- a dominating and pervasive presence“he received little recognition working in the shadow of his father”
- a spy employed to follow someone and report their movementsSynonyms: tailshadower
- an inseparable companion“the poor child was his mother's shadow”
Verb (3)shadows, shadowed, shadowing
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Translations
Noun dark image projected onto a surface
- Spanish
- sombra
- French
- ombre
- German
- Schatten
- Italian
- ombra
- Portuguese
- sombra
- Turkish
- gölge
- Russian
- тень tenʹ
- Arabic
- ظِلّ ẓill
- Chinese
- 阴影 yīnyǐng
- Japanese
- 影 kage
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- Dutch
- schaduw
- Polish
- cień
- Swedish
- skugga
- Greek
- ίσκιος ískios
- Korean
- 그림자 geurimja
- Indonesian
- bayangan
- Vietnamese
- bóng
- Hungarian
- árnyék
- Portuguese (PT)
- sombra
- Chinese (Trad.)
- 陰影 yīnyǐng
- Albanian
- hije
- Breton
- skeud
- Catalan
- ombra
- Czech
- stín
- Danish
- skygge
- Esperanto
- ombro
- Estonian
- vari
- Finnish
- varjo
- Georgian
- ჩრდილი črdili
- Hebrew
- צֵל tzel
- Icelandic
- skuggi
- Kurdish
- sî
- Latvian
- ēna
- Lithuanian
- šešėlis
- Malagasy
- aloka
- Norwegian
- skygge
- Romanian
- umbră
- Scottish Gaelic
- faileas
- Serbo-Croatian
- sjena
- Slovak
- tieň
- Slovenian
- senca
- Swahili
- uvuli
- Walloon
- ombe
- Welsh
- cysgod
- Yiddish
- שאָטן shotn
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Webster's Dictionary (1913)
Origin: Originally the same word as shade. √162. See Shade.
1. Shade within defined limits; obscurity or deprivation of light, apparent on a surface, and representing the form of the body which intercepts the rays of light; as, the shadow of a man, of a tree, or of a tower. See the Note under Shade, noun, 1.
2. Darkness; shade; obscurity.
Night's sable shadows from the ocean rise.— Sir John Denham
3. A shaded place; shelter; protection; security.
In secret shadow from the sunny ray, On a sweet bed of lilies softly laid.— Edmund Spenser
4. A reflected image, as in a mirror or in water. William Shakespeare
5. That which follows or attends a person or thing like a shadow; an inseparable companion; hence, an obsequious follower.
Sin and her shadow Death.— John Milton
6. A spirit; a ghost; a shade; a phantom. “Hence, horrible shadow!” William Shakespeare
7. An imperfect and faint representation; adumbration; indistinct image; dim bodying forth; hence, mystical representation; type.
The law having a shadow of good things to come.— Heb. x. 1.
[Types] and shadows of that destined seed.— John Milton
8. A small degree; a shade. “No variableness, neither shadow of turning.” James i. 17.
9. An uninvited guest coming with one who is invited. A Latinism Rob. Nares
I must not have my board pastered with shadows That under other men's protection break in Without invitement.— Philip Massinger
Shadow of death, darkness or gloom like that caused by the presence or the impending of death. Ps. xxiii. 4.
Origin: OE. shadowen, AS. sceadwian. See adow, noun
1. To cut off light from; to put in shade; to shade; to throw a shadow upon; to overspead with obscurity.
The warlike elf much wondered at this tree, So fair and great, that shadowed all the ground.— Edmund Spenser
2. To conceal; to hide; to screen. rare
Let every soldier hew him down a bough. And bear't before him; thereby shall we shadow The numbers of our host.— William Shakespeare
3. To protect; to shelter from danger; to shroud.
Shadowing their right under your wings of war.— William Shakespeare
4. To mark with gradations of light or color; to shade.
5. To represent faintly or imperfectly; to adumbrate; hence, to represent typically.
Augustus is shadowed in the person of Æneas.— John Dryden
6. To cloud; to darken; to cast a gloom over.
The shadowed livery of the burnished sun.— William Shakespeare
Why sad? I must not see the face O love thus shadowed.— Francis, & Fletcher, John. Beaumont
7. To attend as closely as a shadow; to follow and watch closely, especially in a secret or unobserved manner; as, a detective shadows a criminal.
Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), from GCIDE 0.54
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