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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Shadow :: Shadow (n.) A spirit; a ghost; a shade; a phantom.
Shadow :: Shadow (n.) An imperfect and faint representation; adumbration; indistinct image; dim bodying forth; hence, mystical representation; type..
Sciomancy :: Sciomancy (n.) Divination by means of shadows.
Umbrage :: Umbrage (n.) Shadowy resemblance; shadow.
Style :: Style (v. t.) The pin, or gnomon, of a dial, the shadow of which indicates the hour. See Gnomon..
Shadow :: Shadow (n.) To cloud; to darken; to cast a gloom over.
Prefigure :: Prefigure (v. t.) To show, suggest, or announce, by antecedent types and similitudes; to foreshadow..
Dial :: Dial (n.) An instrument, formerly much used for showing the time of day from the shadow of a style or gnomon on a graduated arc or surface; esp., a sundial; but there are lunar and astral dials. The style or gnomon is usually parallel to the earth's axis, but the dial plate may be either horizontal or vertical..
Shadow :: Shadow (n.) To conceal; to hide; to screen.
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..
Shadow :: Shadow (n.) A small degree; a shade.
Emersion :: Emersion (n.) The reappearance of a heavenly body after an eclipse or occultation; as, the emersion of the moon from the shadow of the earth; the emersion of a star from behind the moon..
Adumbration :: Adumbration (n.) The shadow or outlines of a figure.
Shadow :: Shadow (n.) A reflected image, as in a mirror or in water..
Adumbrate :: Adumbrate (v. t.) To overshadow; to shade.
Portentous :: Portentous (a.) Of the nature of a portent; containing portents; foreshadowing, esp. foreshadowing ill; ominous..
Overshadowed :: Overshadowed (imp. & p. p.) of Overshado.
Penumbra :: Penumbra (n.) An incomplete or partial shadow.
Shadowish :: Shadowish (a.) Shadowy; vague.
Adumbrant :: Adumbrant (a.) Giving a faint shadow, or slight resemblance; shadowing forth..
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