Definition of shadow

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Shadow (n.) To protect; to shelter from danger; to shroud.

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Sundog :: Sundial (n.) An instrument to show the time of day by means of the shadow of a gnomon, or style, on a plate..
Umbrage :: Umbrage (n.) Shadowy resemblance; shadow.
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..
Overshadowy :: Overshadowy (a.) Overshadowing.
Shadow :: Shadow (n.) A shaded place; shelter; protection; security.
Shadowy :: Shadowy (a.) Full of shade or shadows; causing shade or shadow.
Sciagraphy :: Sciagraphy (n.) The art or science of projecting or delineating shadows as they fall in nature.
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..
Adumbration :: Adumbration (n.) The act of adumbrating, or shadowing forth..
Shadowiness :: Shadowiness (n.) The quality or state of being shadowy.
Shadow :: Shadow (n.) To cloud; to darken; to cast a gloom over.
Emersion :: Emersion (n.) The reappearance of a heavenly body after an eclipse or occultation; as, the emersion of the moon from the shadow of the earth; the emersion of a star from behind the moon..
Portentive :: Portentive (a.) Presaging; foreshadowing.
Shadow :: Shadow (n.) That which follows or attends a person or thing like a shadow; an inseparable companion; hence, an obsequious follower..
Shadowish :: Shadowish (a.) Shadowy; vague.
Umbra :: Umbra (n.) The conical shadow projected from a planet or satellite, on the side opposite to the sun, within which a spectator could see no portion of the sun's disk; -- used in contradistinction from penumbra. See Penumbra..
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..
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..
Shadow :: Shadow (n.) Darkness; shade; obscurity.
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