Definition of shadow

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Shadow (n.) To cut off light from; to put in shade; to shade; to throw a shadow upon; to overspead with obscurity.

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Umbrage :: Umbrage (n.) Shadowy resemblance; shadow.
Signal :: Signal (n.) A token; an indication; a foreshadowing; a sign.
Stile :: Stile (n.) A pin set on the face of a dial, to cast a shadow; a style. See Style..
Shadow :: Shadow (n.) That which follows or attends a person or thing like a shadow; an inseparable companion; hence, an obsequious follower..
Portentive :: Portentive (a.) Presaging; foreshadowing.
Umbrage :: Umbrage (n.) The feeling of being overshadowed; jealousy of another, as standing in one's light or way; hence, suspicion of injury or wrong; offense; resentment..
Antiscii :: Antiscii (n. pl.) The inhabitants of the earth, living on different sides of the equator, whose shadows at noon are cast in opposite directions..
Shadow :: Shadow (n.) To mark with gradations of light or color; to shade.
Shade :: Shade (v. t.) To present a shadow or image of; to shadow forth; to represent.
Umbra :: Umbra (n.) The conical shadow projected from a planet or satellite, on the side opposite to the sun, within which a spectator could see no portion of the sun's disk; -- used in contradistinction from penumbra. See Penumbra..
Shadowy :: Shadowy (a.) Not brightly luminous; faintly light.
Shadow :: 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..
Penumbra :: Penumbra (n.) An incomplete or partial shadow.
Bode :: Bode (n.) An omen; a foreshadowing.
Shadow :: Shadow (n.) A reflected image, as in a mirror or in water..
Portentous :: Portentous (a.) Of the nature of a portent; containing portents; foreshadowing, esp. foreshadowing ill; ominous..
Sky :: Sky (n.) Hence, a shadow..
Ascians :: Ascians (n. pl.) Persons who, at certain times of the year, have no shadow at noon; -- applied to the inhabitants of the torrid zone, who have, twice a year, a vertical sun..
Overshadower :: Overshadower (n.) One that throws a shade, or shadow, over anything..
Quadrat :: Quadrat (n.) An old instrument used for taking altitudes; -- called also geometrical square, and line of shadows..
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