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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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..
Shadowed :: Shadowed (imp. & p. p.) of Shado.
Umbrage :: Umbrage (n.) Shadowy resemblance; shadow.
Quadrat :: Quadrat (n.) An old instrument used for taking altitudes; -- called also geometrical square, and line of shadows..
Shadow :: Shadow (n.) A shaded place; shelter; protection; security.
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.) To protect; to shelter from danger; to shroud.
Style :: Style (v. t.) The pin, or gnomon, of a dial, the shadow of which indicates the hour. See Gnomon..
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..
Sundog :: Sundial (n.) An instrument to show the time of day by means of the shadow of a gnomon, or style, on a plate..
Shadow :: Shadow (n.) To mark with gradations of light or color; to shade.
Adumbration :: Adumbration (n.) The shadow or outlines of a figure.
Shadow :: Shadow (n.) To cloud; to darken; to cast a gloom over.
Stile :: Stile (n.) A pin set on the face of a dial, to cast a shadow; a style. See Style..
Umbrate :: Umbrate (v. t.) To shade; to shadow; to foreshadow.
Shadowy :: Shadowy (a.) Not brightly luminous; faintly light.
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..
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..
Prefigure :: Prefigure (v. t.) To show, suggest, or announce, by antecedent types and similitudes; to foreshadow..
Shadow :: Shadow (n.) An uninvited guest coming with one who is invited.
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