shadow
noun
1. shade within clear boundaries
Definition categories: state, shade, shadiness, shadowiness
2. an unilluminated area
Similar word(s): dark, darkness
Definition categories: location, scene
3. something existing in perception only
Similar word(s): apparition, fantasm, phantasm, phantasma, phantom
Definition categories: thought, illusion, semblance
4. a premonition of something adverse
- a shadow over his happiness
Definition categories: feeling, boding, foreboding, premonition, presentiment
5. an indication that something has been present
Similar word(s): tincture, trace, vestige
Definition categories: communication, indicant, indication
6. refuge from danger or observation
- he felt secure in his father's shadow
Definition categories: attribute, recourse, refuge, resort
7. a dominating and pervasive presence
- he received little recognition working in the shadow of his father
Definition categories: state, presence
8. a spy employed to follow someone and report their movements
Similar word(s): shadower, tail
Definition categories: person, follower, spy
9. an inseparable companion
- the poor child was his mother's shadow
Definition categories: person, follower
Sentences with shadow as a noun:
- My shadow lengthened as the sun began to set.
- The X-ray showed a shadow on his lung.
- I immediately jumped into shadow as I saw them approach.
- I don't have a shadow of doubt in my mind that my plan will succeed.
- He did not give even a shadow of respect to the professor.
- He came back from war the shadow of a man.
- the neopagan ritual was only a pale shadow of the ones the Greeks held thousands of years ago
- The constable was promoted to working as a shadow for the Royals.
verb
1. follow, usually without the person's knowledge
- The police are shadowing her
Definition categories: motion, follow
2. cast a shadow over
Similar word(s): shade
Definition categories: weather, darken
3. make appear small by comparison
Similar word(s): dwarf, overshadow
Definition categories: stative, command, dominate, overlook, overtop
Sentences with shadow as a verb:
- Looks like that cloud's going to shadow us.