Definition of shadow

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Shadow (n.) To represent faintly or imperfectly; to adumbrate; hence, to represent typically..

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Adumbration :: Adumbration (n.) The shadow or outlines of a figure.
Shadowy :: Shadowy (a.) Hence, dark; obscure; gloomy; dim..
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..
Shadowed :: Shadowed (imp. & p. p.) of Shado.
Style :: Style (v. t.) The pin, or gnomon, of a dial, the shadow of which indicates the hour. See Gnomon..
Adumbrate :: Adumbrate (v. t.) To overshadow; to 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..
Shadowy :: Shadowy (a.) Full of shade or shadows; causing shade or shadow.
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..
Shadowing :: Shadowing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Shado.
Eclipse :: Eclipse (n.) An interception or obscuration of the light of the sun, moon, or other luminous body, by the intervention of some other body, either between it and the eye, or between the luminous body and that illuminated by it. A lunar eclipse is caused by the moon passing through the earth's shadow; a solar eclipse, by the moon coming between the sun and the observer. A satellite is eclipsed by entering the shadow of its primary. The obscuration of a planet or star by the moon or a planet, thoug
Portentous :: Portentous (a.) Of the nature of a portent; containing portents; foreshadowing, esp. foreshadowing ill; ominous..
Overgloom :: Overgloom (v. t.) To spread gloom over; to make gloomy; to overshadow.
Umbrate :: Umbrate (v. t.) To shade; to shadow; to foreshadow.
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)..
Sunlight :: Sunless (a.) Destitute or deprived of the sun or its rays; shaded; shadowed.
Relief :: Relief (n.) The appearance of projection given by shading, shadow, etc., to any figure..
Disshadow :: Disshadow (v. t.) To free from shadow or shade.
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..
Stile :: Stile (n.) A pin set on the face of a dial, to cast a shadow; a style. See Style..
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