Definition of shadow

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Shadow (n.) 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, n., 1..

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Disshadow :: Disshadow (v. t.) To free from shadow or shade.
Amphiscians :: Amphiscians (n. pl.) The inhabitants of the tropic, whose shadows in one part of the year are cast to the north, and in the other to the south, according as the sun is south or north of their zenith..
Overshadow :: Overshadow (v. t.) To throw a shadow, or shade, over; to darken; to obscure..
Shadow :: Shadow (n.) To represent faintly or imperfectly; to adumbrate; hence, to represent typically..
Umbratical :: Umbratical (a.) Of or pertaining to the shade or darkness; shadowy; unreal; secluded; retired.
Shadow :: Shadow (n.) To cloud; to darken; to cast a gloom over.
Catachresis :: Catachresis (n.) A figure by which one word is wrongly put for another, or by which a word is wrested from its true signification; as, To take arms against a sea of troubles. Shak. Her voice was but the shadow of a sound. Young..
Shadow :: Shadow (n.) To conceal; to hide; to screen.
Shadow :: Shadow (n.) A spirit; a ghost; a shade; a phantom.
Gnomonics :: Gnomonics (n.) The art or science of dialing, or of constructing dials to show the hour of the day by the shadow of a gnomon..
Shadowy :: Shadowy (a.) Faintly representative; hence, typical..
Shade :: Shade (v. t.) To present a shadow or image of; to shadow forth; to represent.
Overshadow :: Overshadow (v. t.) Fig.: To cover with a superior influence.
Style :: Style (v. t.) The pin, or gnomon, of a dial, the shadow of which indicates the hour. See Gnomon..
Shadow :: Shadow (n.) An imperfect and faint representation; adumbration; indistinct image; dim bodying forth; hence, mystical representation; type..
Transit :: Transit (n.) The passage of a smaller body across the disk of a larger, as of Venus across the sun's disk, or of a satellite or its shadow across the disk of its primary..
Adumbrate :: Adumbrate (v. t.) To give a faint shadow or slight representation of; to outline; to shadow forth.
Shadow :: Shadow (n.) To protect; to shelter from danger; to shroud.
Shadow :: Shadow (n.) 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..
Intensifier :: Intensifier (n.) One who or that which intensifies or strengthens; in photography, an agent used to intensify the lights or shadows of a picture..
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