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shadow
Noun
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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.
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The darkness that is in a shadow.
The room filled with shadow as the night came.
shadow
Verb
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If you shadow someone you follow them closely without their knowing it.
The detective shadowed the thief.
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If something is being shadowed it is being covered in shadow or made dark.
The curtains shadowed the room.
mark
Noun
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A mark is a single line left by a pen or pencil, or any small bit of color that got onto something.
You have a mark on your shirt from that tomato sauce you were eating.
mark
Verb
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To mark something is to put a mark on it.
The big rock marked the side of the car a little when she drove too close to it.
I marked the boxes so we would know which ones are mine.
Mark
Proper noun
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Mark is a male given name.