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.) To protect; to shelter from danger; to shroud.
Adumbrant :: Adumbrant (a.) Giving a faint shadow, or slight resemblance; shadowing forth..
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.
Phantasm :: Phantasm (n.) An image formed by the mind, and supposed to be real or material; a shadowy or airy appearance; sometimes, an optical illusion; a phantom; a dream..
Penumbra :: Penumbra (n.) The shadow cast, in an eclipse, where the light is partly, but not wholly, cut off by the intervening body; the space of partial illumination between the umbra, or perfect shadow, on all sides, and the full light..
Adumbrate :: Adumbrate (v. t.) To give a faint shadow or slight representation of; to outline; to shadow forth.
Overshadowy :: Overshadowy (a.) Overshadowing.
Relief :: Relief (n.) The appearance of projection given by shading, shadow, etc., to any figure..
Body :: Body (n.) The real, as opposed to the symbolical; the substance, as opposed to the shadow..
Overshadowed :: Overshadowed (imp. & p. p.) of Overshado.
Blot :: Blot (v. t.) To obscure; to eclipse; to shadow.
Shadowed :: Shadowed (imp. & p. p.) of Shado.
Shadow :: Shadow (n.) An uninvited guest coming with one who is invited.
Ingress :: Ingress (n.) The entrance of the moon into the shadow of the earth in eclipses, the sun's entrance into a sign, etc..
Portentive :: Portentive (a.) Presaging; foreshadowing.
Shade :: Shade (n.) Shadow.
Sciomancy :: Sciomancy (n.) Divination by means of shadows.
Shadowy :: Shadowy (a.) Faintly representative; hence, typical..
Shadowing :: Shadowing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Shado.
Adumbrate :: Adumbrate (v. t.) To overshadow; to shade.
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