Definition of shadow

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Shadow (n.) That which follows or attends a person or thing like a shadow; an inseparable companion; hence, an obsequious follower..

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Adumbration :: Adumbration (n.) The shadow or outlines of a figure.
Adumbrate :: Adumbrate (v. t.) To overshadow; to shade.
Signal :: Signal (n.) A token; an indication; a foreshadowing; a sign.
Overshadowing :: Overshadowing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Overshado.
Overgloom :: Overgloom (v. t.) To spread gloom over; to make gloomy; to overshadow.
Dial :: Dial (n.) An instrument, formerly much used for showing the time of day from the shadow of a style or gnomon on a graduated arc or surface; esp., a sundial; but there are lunar and astral dials. The style or gnomon is usually parallel to the earth's axis, but the dial plate may be either horizontal or vertical..
Overshadowy :: Overshadowy (a.) Overshadowing.
Portentive :: Portentive (a.) Presaging; foreshadowing.
Bode :: Bode (n.) An omen; a foreshadowing.
Cloud :: Cloud (n.) That which has a dark, lowering, or threatening aspect; that which temporarily overshadows, obscures, or depresses; as, a cloud of sorrow; a cloud of war; a cloud upon the intellect..
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..
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..
Body :: Body (n.) The real, as opposed to the symbolical; the substance, as opposed to the shadow..
Shadow :: Shadow (n.) An uninvited guest coming with one who is invited.
Shade :: Shade (n.) Shadow.
Shadowy :: Shadowy (a.) Faintly representative; hence, typical..
Sky :: Sky (n.) Hence, a shadow..
Stile :: Stile (n.) A pin set on the face of a dial, to cast a shadow; a style. See Style..
Silhouette :: Silhouette (n.) A representation of the outlines of an object filled in with a black color; a profile portrait in black, such as a shadow appears to be..
Umbratical :: Umbratical (a.) Of or pertaining to the shade or darkness; shadowy; unreal; secluded; retired.
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