Definition of shadow

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

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Shadowy :: Shadowy (a.) Faintly representative; hence, typical..
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..
Antiscii :: Antiscii (n. pl.) The inhabitants of the earth, living on different sides of the equator, whose shadows at noon are cast in opposite directions..
Umbrage :: Umbrage (n.) Shade; shadow; obscurity; hence, that which affords a shade, as a screen of trees or foliage..
Shadowless :: Shadowless (a.) Having no shadow.
Shadowy :: Shadowy (a.) Unsubstantial; unreal; as, shadowy honor..
Anthelion :: Anthelion (n.) A halo opposite the sun, consisting of a colored ring or rings around the shadow of the spectator's own head, as projected on a cloud or on an opposite fog bank..
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..
Blot :: Blot (v. t.) To obscure; to eclipse; to shadow.
Amphiscians :: Amphiscians (n. pl.) The inhabitants of the tropic, whose shadows in one part of the year are cast to the north, and in the other to the south, according as the sun is south or north of their zenith..
Umbrage :: Umbrage (n.) Shadowy resemblance; shadow.
Adumbration :: Adumbration (n.) The shadow or outlines of a figure.
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..
Relief :: Relief (n.) The appearance of projection given by shading, shadow, etc., to any figure..
Shadow :: Shadow (n.) To represent faintly or imperfectly; to adumbrate; hence, to represent typically..
Adumbration :: Adumbration (n.) The act of adumbrating, or shadowing forth..
Shade :: Shade (n.) Shadow.
Prefigure :: Prefigure (v. t.) To show, suggest, or announce, by antecedent types and similitudes; to foreshadow..
Portentous :: Portentous (a.) Of the nature of a portent; containing portents; foreshadowing, esp. foreshadowing ill; ominous..
Overshadowy :: Overshadowy (a.) Overshadowing.
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