Definition of shadow

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Shadow (n.) To represent faintly or imperfectly; to adumbrate; hence, to represent typically..

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Sky :: Sky (n.) Hence, a shadow..
Umbrate :: Umbrate (v. t.) To shade; to shadow; to foreshadow.
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..
Sundog :: Sundial (n.) An instrument to show the time of day by means of the shadow of a gnomon, or style, on a plate..
Prefigure :: Prefigure (v. t.) To show, suggest, or announce, by antecedent types and similitudes; to foreshadow..
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.
Portentive :: Portentive (a.) Presaging; foreshadowing.
Shadowless :: Shadowless (a.) Having no shadow.
Sciagraphy :: Sciagraphy (n.) The art or science of projecting or delineating shadows as they fall in nature.
Penumbra :: Penumbra (n.) An incomplete or partial shadow.
Blot :: Blot (v. t.) To obscure; to eclipse; to shadow.
Shadow :: Shadow (n.) To attend as closely as a shadow; to follow and watch closely, especially in a secret or unobserved manner; as, a detective shadows a criminal..
Shadowed :: Shadowed (imp. & p. p.) of Shado.
Umbrage :: Umbrage (n.) Shadowy resemblance; shadow.
Overshadowing :: Overshadowing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Overshado.
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)..
Shadow :: Shadow (n.) An imperfect and faint representation; adumbration; indistinct image; dim bodying forth; hence, mystical representation; type..
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..
Shadow :: Shadow (n.) A small degree; a shade.
Schade :: Schade (n.) Shade; shadow.
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