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What does shadow mean?
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shadow Noun

— A shadow is the dark area that is made when something blocks light, and that is shaped like the thing blocking the light. I saw your shadow against the wall. The shadows got long as the sun set. — The darkness that is in a shadow. The room filled with shadow as the night came.

shadow Verb

— If you shadow someone you follow them closely without their knowing it. The detective shadowed the thief. — If something is being shadowed it is being covered in shadow or made dark. The curtains shadowed the room.

shadow

— noun shade within clear boundaries — noun (= darkness) an unilluminated area he moved off into the darkness — verb follow, usually without the person's knowledge The police are shadowing her — noun (= apparition) something existing in perception only a ghostly apparition at midnight — noun refuge from danger or observation he felt secure in his father's shadow — noun a premonition of something adverse a shadow over his happiness — noun (= trace, tincture) an indication that something has been present there wasn't a trace of evidence for the claim a tincture of condescension — noun an inseparable companion the poor child was his mother's shadow — noun a dominating and pervasive presence he received little recognition working in the shadow of his father — verb cast a shadow over — verb (= dwarf) make appear small by comparison This year's debt dwarfs that of last year — noun (= tail) a spy employed to follow someone and report their movements

Synonyms shadow synonyms

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shadow English » English

shade reflection follow trace picture umbra spirit soul overshadow image gloom tail phantom ghost darkness apparition trail track silhouette shelter vestige tincture shadower shade off phantasma phantasm follow closely fantasm spoor seclusion screen photo penumbra likeness keep under surveillance hover around hanker after dwarf darken dark cover cloudy weather cloudiness cloud atom wallop upstage umbrella umbrage typify

Topics shadow topics

What do people use shadow to talk about?
States Quality Light Dark

Shadow
Universe, creation Sky

Sun
Universe, creation Sky Weather

Cloud
Physical actions Move

Pursue
States Quantity Enough

Remain, remainder
Social behavior Behavior Do good to Meddle

Spoil
Grammar Semantic constituents related to verbs Epistemic moods

Certainly, definitely

Conjugation shadow conjugation

How do you conjugate shadow?

shadow · verb

Examples shadow examples

How do I use shadow in a sentence?

Simple sentences

The girl was afraid of her own shadow.
His shadow on the wall looked sad.
Truth burns and destroys all elements, showing that they are merely its shadow.
There's a blind man looking for a shadow of doubt.
A tall tree projects its long shadow on the water.
It was nothing but the shadow of a tall tree.
The tree cast a long shadow.
The tree cast a shadow across the road.
The tree throws a shadow on the grass.
The garden is still in shadow.
He is afraid of his own shadow.
He is even afraid of his own shadow.
She is afraid of her own shadow.
There is strong shadow where there is much light.
Even though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil, for you are with me; your rod and your staff, they comfort me.
Yea, though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil: for thou art with me; thy rod and thy staff they comfort me.
Shadow him.
The tree throws its shadow over the wall.
I am sure of her innocence, without a shadow of a doubt.
There's no light without a shadow.
Your five o'clock shadow is hurting the environment.

Movie subtitles

It's, like, the first time I don't feel like I'm in Josh's shadow.
And in the shadow of a reservoir, he sees a woman and a man, in loving embrace, forever the same.
A rival hiding in the shadow.
I don't want the shadow of suspicion to be on you!
Beware that his shadow does not engulf you like a daemonic nightmare.
WHO CHASES A SHADOW.
Be near the tree that throws its shadow for lovers just without my door.
We saw him for an instant.a gray shadow.and he was gone!
A flash of shadow, and he was gone!
Proceed, for you must follow This beautiful shadow which you desire.
Go on, beat it, shadow.
There's not a shadow of doubt.
It was an eerie moonlit night. Light and shadow, voices and faces seemed to take on hidden meaning.
YOU DIDN'T SHADOW FIREFLY!
Just an ugly shadow between chin and mouth.
Then you didn't shadow Firefly?
Sure, we shadow him all day.
Shadow day.
Mrs Miniver, Random Harvest, Hitchcock's Shadow of a Doubt, and that hardy perennial, Frank Capra's It's a Wonderful Life in 1946 as the memorable Clarence, the angel.
I have grown up in a great man's shadow.
Jane, you're chasing a shadow.
A pale shadow is crawling along, with a haircloth tight and heavy he is covering up the earth.
When we were on that plane I was fascinated by the way its shadow followed it.
That silly shadow racing along over mountains and valleys covering 10 times the distance of the plane.
In the shadow of the Emperor's Palace - aloof, feudal, imposing but crumbling stands the residence of the Princes von Wildeliebe-Rauffenburg.
The strangest shadow is following us.
It's the shadow of a tree.
There was a curious shadow in front of me, and I didn't see the cart at all.
A shadow.
And then a shadow blew over.
And yet it wasn't a shadow, because the moon shone through it.
But if I come too near, if they feel the presence of my shadow, a horror comes upon their minds.
No. I am a fear, a shadow, a wandering thing.
I thought we should part as friends, with kindly remembrances, but now my shadow has come between us.

News and current affairs

WASHINGTON, DC - I grew up in the shadow of World War II, and at the dawn of the Cold War.
Even Burma has gotten on board, resuming diplomatic engagement with the US while trying to work its way out of China's shadow.
On top of all this, there is a shadow financial system of non-bank financial institutions that, like banks, borrow short and liquid and lend to or invest in longer-term and illiquid assets.
This shadow system includes structured investment vehicles (SIVs), conduits, money market funds, hedge funds, and investment banks.
SINGAPORE - The British shadow minister for Europe, Pat McFadden, recently warned members of his Labour Party that they should try to make the most of the global economy and not treat immigration like a disease.
China's lengthening shadow has prompted a number of Asian countries to start building security cooperation on a bilateral basis, thereby laying the groundwork for a potential web of interlocking strategic partnerships.
As a result, the Depression did not cast a shadow on future growth - or, rather, the shadow was overwhelmed by the blinding floodlights of five years of mobilization for total war against Nazi Germany and Imperial Japan.
On the contrary, the shadow is lengthening with each passing day, owing to the absence of effective policies to get the flow of economy-wide nominal spending back on its previous track.
The shadow banking system, which is beyond the reach of bank regulators and deposit insurance, fed the boom in home prices by helping provide more credit to buyers.
Yet, at the same time, the US supports Abu Mazen, trying to undermine the Hamas government, thus casting a shadow on the credibility of its own commitment to democracy.
He argued at that time, and rightly in my view, that short-term tax reductions and transfers would be partly saved, not spent, and that public debt would multiply and create a long-term shadow over the fiscal balance and the economy.
Much of its recent borrowing violates key tenets of hard-earned wisdom gained in past crises: it is foreign exchange-denominated, short-term, shadow-bank-intermediated, and housing-backed.
In the meantime, governments should use a shadow carbon price and carbon discount rate in their decision-making processes.
The shadow of two previous events that took place on September 11 looms over the outcome - indeed, over the fact that the question is even being considered at all.
NEW HAVEN - The American consumer is but a shadow of its former almighty self.
There is no analogous set of floodlights being deployed to erase the shadow that is currently being cast by the lesser depression.
And there is a large volume of bad loans in some state-owned banks and in the shadow banking system.
European integration in the shadow of WWII was a wise and magnificent achievement.
Rumors flew of the creation of a shadow government by extremists in Paris.
That's why we need to keep an eye on the figures and keep reminding world leaders of the needs of those in the developing world that live in their shadow.
Former Prime Minister Menachem Begin also lived until his death in a simple apartment in Tel Aviv. Not the smallest shadow of the slightest suspicion of corruption ever disturbed his peace.
Moreover, the armed forces have become a shadow of their former self, and still have human rights legacies hanging over them from the country's bitter civil war.
There are no policies to reduce risks in shadow banks, insurance companies, or mutual funds.
Indeed, shadow banking would not have grown so fast had that regime not been devised with the apparent lessons of the 1930's in mind.

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