Definition of shadow

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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..

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Body :: Body (n.) The real, as opposed to the symbolical; the substance, as opposed to the shadow..
Schade :: Schade (n.) Shade; shadow.
Shadow :: Shadow (n.) A reflected image, as in a mirror or in water..
Umbratical :: Umbratical (a.) Of or pertaining to the shade or darkness; shadowy; unreal; secluded; retired.
Shadow :: Shadow (n.) An imperfect and faint representation; adumbration; indistinct image; dim bodying forth; hence, mystical representation; type..
Ghost :: Ghost (n.) Any faint shadowy semblance; an unsubstantial image; a phantom; a glimmering; as, not a ghost of a chance; the ghost of an idea..
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..
Signal :: Signal (n.) A token; an indication; a foreshadowing; a sign.
Catachresis :: Catachresis (n.) A figure by which one word is wrongly put for another, or by which a word is wrested from its true signification; as, To take arms against a sea of troubles. Shak. Her voice was but the shadow of a sound. Young..
Shadow :: Shadow (n.) To protect; to shelter from danger; to shroud.
Disshadow :: Disshadow (v. t.) To free from shadow or shade.
Overshadowed :: Overshadowed (imp. & p. p.) of Overshado.
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..
Gnomon :: Gnomon (n.) A style or column erected perpendicularly to the horizon, formerly used in astronomocal observations. Its principal use was to find the altitude of the sun by measuring the length of its shadow..
Shadow :: Shadow (n.) Shade within defined limits; obscurity or deprivation of light, apparent on a surface, and representing the form of the body which intercepts the rays of light; as, the shadow of a man, of a tree, or of a tower. See the Note under Shade, n., 1..
Shadowy :: Shadowy (a.) Unsubstantial; unreal; as, shadowy honor..
Umbrate :: Umbrate (v. t.) To shade; to shadow; to foreshadow.
Shadowish :: Shadowish (a.) Shadowy; vague.
Shadowy :: Shadowy (a.) Faintly representative; hence, typical..
Style :: Style (v. t.) The pin, or gnomon, of a dial, the shadow of which indicates the hour. See Gnomon..
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