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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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..
Portentous :: Portentous (a.) Of the nature of a portent; containing portents; foreshadowing, esp. foreshadowing ill; ominous..
Shadowed :: Shadowed (imp. & p. p.) of Shado.
Accidental :: Accidental (n.) Those fortuitous effects produced by luminous rays falling on certain objects so that some parts stand forth in abnormal brightness and other parts are cast into a deep shadow.
Eclipse :: Eclipse (n.) An interception or obscuration of the light of the sun, moon, or other luminous body, by the intervention of some other body, either between it and the eye, or between the luminous body and that illuminated by it. A lunar eclipse is caused by the moon passing through the earth's shadow; a solar eclipse, by the moon coming between the sun and the observer. A satellite is eclipsed by entering the shadow of its primary. The obscuration of a planet or star by the moon or a planet, thoug
Blot :: Blot (v. t.) To obscure; to eclipse; to shadow.
Overshadowy :: Overshadowy (a.) Overshadowing.
Overshadow :: Overshadow (v. t.) To throw a shadow, or shade, over; to darken; to obscure..
Shadowing :: Shadowing (n.) A faint representation; an adumbration.
Umbrage :: Umbrage (n.) The feeling of being overshadowed; jealousy of another, as standing in one's light or way; hence, suspicion of injury or wrong; offense; resentment..
Shadowy :: Shadowy (a.) Unsubstantial; unreal; as, shadowy honor..
Adumbration :: Adumbration (n.) The act of adumbrating, or shadowing forth..
Shade :: Shade (v. t.) To present a shadow or image of; to shadow forth; to represent.
Sundog :: Sundial (n.) An instrument to show the time of day by means of the shadow of a gnomon, or style, on a plate..
Shadow :: Shadow (n.) That which follows or attends a person or thing like a shadow; an inseparable companion; hence, an obsequious follower..
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..
Shadow :: Shadow (n.) To cut off light from; to put in shade; to shade; to throw a shadow upon; to overspead with obscurity.
Adumbrate :: Adumbrate (v. t.) To give a faint shadow or slight representation of; to outline; to shadow forth.
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)..
Schade :: Schade (n.) Shade; shadow.
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