Definition of shadow

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

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Adumbrate :: Adumbrate (v. t.) To give a faint shadow or slight representation of; to outline; to shadow forth.
Sciomachy :: Sciomachy (n.) A fighting with a shadow; a mock contest; an imaginary or futile combat.
Shadowy :: Shadowy (a.) Not brightly luminous; faintly light.
Shadow :: Shadow (n.) A reflected image, as in a mirror or in water..
Shadowy :: Shadowy (a.) Unsubstantial; unreal; as, shadowy honor..
Shadow :: Shadow (n.) A spirit; a ghost; a shade; a phantom.
Disshadow :: Disshadow (v. t.) To free from shadow or shade.
Stile :: Stile (n.) A pin set on the face of a dial, to cast a shadow; a style. See Style..
Immersion :: Immersion (n.) The dissapearance of a celestail body, by passing either behind another, as in the occultation of a star, or into its shadow, as in the eclipse of a satellite; -- opposed to emersion..
Umbratical :: Umbratical (a.) Of or pertaining to the shade or darkness; shadowy; unreal; secluded; retired.
Shadow :: Shadow (n.) To mark with gradations of light or color; to shade.
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.
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..
Shadowing :: Shadowing (n.) A faint representation; an adumbration.
Shade :: Shade (n.) Shadow.
Overgloom :: Overgloom (v. t.) To spread gloom over; to make gloomy; to overshadow.
Gnomon :: Gnomon (n.) The style or pin, which by its shadow, shows the hour of the day. It is usually set parallel to the earth's axis..
Sky :: Sky (n.) Hence, a shadow..
Shadowy :: Shadowy (a.) Faintly representative; hence, typical..
Shadowed :: Shadowed (imp. & p. p.) of Shado.
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