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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Shadow :: Shadow (n.) An uninvited guest coming with one who is invited.
Portentive :: Portentive (a.) Presaging; foreshadowing.
Shadowy :: Shadowy (a.) Hence, dark; obscure; gloomy; dim..
Shadowiness :: Shadowiness (n.) The quality or state of being shadowy.
Shade :: Shade (n.) Shadow.
Heteroscian :: Heteroscian (n.) One who lives either north or south of the tropics, as contrasted with one who lives on the other side of them; -- so called because at noon the shadows always fall in opposite directions (the one northward, the other southward)..
Ascians :: Ascians (n. pl.) Persons who, at certain times of the year, have no shadow at noon; -- applied to the inhabitants of the torrid zone, who have, twice a year, a vertical sun..
Overshade :: Overshade (v. t.) To cover with shade; to render dark or gloomy; to overshadow.
Shadow :: Shadow (n.) An imperfect and faint representation; adumbration; indistinct image; dim bodying forth; hence, mystical representation; type..
Shadow :: Shadow (n.) To represent faintly or imperfectly; to adumbrate; hence, to represent typically..
Immersion :: Immersion (n.) The dissapearance of a celestail body, by passing either behind another, as in the occultation of a star, or into its shadow, as in the eclipse of a satellite; -- opposed to emersion..
Shadowing :: Shadowing (n.) Shade, or gradation of light and color; shading..
Sky :: Sky (n.) Hence, a shadow..
Shadow :: Shadow (n.) That which follows or attends a person or thing like a shadow; an inseparable companion; hence, an obsequious follower..
Shade :: Shade (v. t.) To present a shadow or image of; to shadow forth; to represent.
Shadow :: Shadow (n.) To mark with gradations of light or color; to shade.
Periscii :: Periscii (n. pl.) Those who live within a polar circle, whose shadows, during some summer days, will move entirely round, falling toward every point of the compass..
Bode :: Bode (n.) An omen; a foreshadowing.
Overshadow :: Overshadow (v. t.) Fig.: To cover with a superior influence.
Body :: Body (n.) The real, as opposed to the symbolical; the substance, as opposed to the shadow..
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