shadow
IPA: ʃˈædoʊ
noun
- A dark image projected onto a surface where light (or other radiation) is blocked by the shade of an object.
- Relative darkness, especially as caused by the interruption of light; gloom; obscurity.
- An area protected by an obstacle (likened to an object blocking out sunlight).
- (obsolete or poetic) A reflected image, as in a mirror or in water.
- (figurative) That which looms as though a shadow.
- A small degree; a shade.
- An imperfect and faint representation.
- (UK, law enforcement) A trainee, assigned to work with an experienced officer.
- One who secretly or furtively follows another.
- An inseparable companion.
- (typography) A drop shadow effect applied to lettering in word processors etc.
- An influence, especially a pervasive or a negative one.
- A spirit; a ghost; a shade.
- (obsolete, Latinism) An uninvited guest accompanying one who was invited.
- (Jungian psychology) An unconscious aspect of the personality.
- A surname.
verb
- (transitive) To shade, cloud, or darken.
- (transitive) To block light or radio transmission from.
- (particularly espionage) To secretly or discreetly track or follow another, to keep under surveillance.
- (transitive) To represent faintly and imperfectly.
- (transitive) To hide; to conceal.
- (transitive) To accompany (a professional) during the working day, so as to learn about an occupation one intends to take up.
- (transitive, programming) To make (an identifier, usually a variable) inaccessible by declaring another of the same name within the scope of the first.
- (transitive, computing) To apply the shadowing process to (the contents of ROM).
adjective
- Unofficial, informal, unauthorized, but acting as though it were.
- Having power or influence, but not widely known or recognized.
- (politics) Acting in a leadership role before being formally recognized.
- (Australia, politics) Part of, or related to, the opposition in government.
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Examples of "shadow" in Sentences
- He saw someone's shadow.
- Children like to watch shadow show.
- The shadow of the gnomon was measured.
- The shadow crept closer to the closet.
- Let the cruft wallow in the Wiki shadows.
- Spotlight falls on shadow puppet theatre.
- The flash shadows are obvious and intrusive.
- In the shadows, a new unforeseen threat arose.
- Look for deer and grouse feeding in the shadows.
- A shadow is an incorporeal creature of sentient darkness.
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