Word Finder - shadow

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A dark image projected onto a surface where light (or other radiation) is blocked by the shade of an object.

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My shadow lengthened as the sun began to set.

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Relative darkness, especially as caused by the interruption of light; gloom, obscurity.

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I immediately jumped into shadow as I saw them approach.

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A area protected by an obstacle (likened to an object blocking out sunlight).

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The mountains block the passage of rain-producing weather systems and cast a "shadow" of dryness behind them.

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A reflected image, as in a mirror or in water.

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That which looms as though a shadow.

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I don't have a shadow of doubt in my mind that my plan will succeed. The shadow of fear of my being outed always affects how I live my life. I lived in her shadow my whole life.

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A small degree; a shade.

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He did not give even a shadow of respect to the professor.

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An imperfect and faint representation.

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He came back from war the shadow of a man.

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(police) A trainee, assigned to work with an experienced officer.

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One who secretly or furtively follows another.

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The constable was promoted to working as a shadow for the Royals.

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An inseparable companion.

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A drop shadow effect applied to lettering in word processors etc.

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An influence, especially a pervasive or a negative one.

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A spirit; a ghost; a shade.

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(Latinism) An uninvited guest accompanying one who was invited.

synonyms

• umbra

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In Jungian psychology, an unconscious aspect of the personality.

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To shade, cloud or darken.

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The artist chose to shadow this corner of the painting.

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To block light or radio transmission from.

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Looks like that cloud's going to shadow us.

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To secretly or discreetly track or follow another, to keep under surveillance.

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To represent faintly and imperfectly.

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To hide; to conceal.

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To accompany (a professional) during the working day, so as to learn about an occupation one intends to take up.

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To make (an identifier, usually a variable) inaccessible by declaring another of the same name within the scope of the first.

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To apply the shadowing process to (the contents of ROM).

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Unofficial, informal, unauthorized, but acting as though it were.

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The human resources department has a shadow information technology group without headquarters knowledge.

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Having power or influence, but not widely known or recognized.

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The director has been giving shadow leadership to the other group's project to ensure its success.

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Acting in a leadership role before being formally recognized.

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The insurgents’ shadow government is being crippled by the federal military strikes.

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Part of, or related to, the opposition in government.

The shadow made her long legs look short.

I don't want a shadow hanging over him.

Half the street was in shadow, the other half brightly lit by the sun.

There was no shadow or footprints even though I seemed to be standing on grass.

He was too angry to see where he went as he crossed through the shadow realm.

She left, stopping in the shadow world to try to calm herself.

She twirled, watching the shadow in child-like awe.

He was unusually tender and kind to me, and for a brief space the shadow lifted.

A shadow crossed her screen, and she snapped the cell against her body.

Accompanying it was a vision of the shadow world.

He could see its shadow as he peeped out through the clusters of leaves.

He was like a massive shadow among the sunny forest, dressed all in black and armed as if for battle, even when coming to see her.

I rang the bell and I could see shadow movement behind the thin drapes but no one answered.

Gabriel brought you here through the shadow world.

He called a portal when in the hallway and walked into the shadow realm, stopping in place.

Something blue in the shadow of the trees caught her attention.

Gabriel opened a portal and strode through the shadow world.

Deidre entered the shadow world and summoned the human she'd left in Hell.

She'd felt the weird sensations before … Shadow world.

The world faded into shadow and light then into an uncomfortable darkness, not quite sleep but not consciousness either.

She was searching through her house for some unidentified object when a shadow emerged from the dark.

The shadow named Two emerged from the corner.

With a whoop, she twirled in the middle of the shadow world.

The shadow man was on her fridge.

Does he cast a shadow?

In the shadow world when you told me about your tumor.

Deidre hurried into the shadow world.

Where the hazel bank is steepest, Where the shadow falls the deepest, Where the clustering nuts fall free, That's the way for Billy and me.

Pausing for a moment, Pierre noticed several other men of the same kind hiding in the shadow of the house on both sides.

It was so light that he could see the moonlight reflected from the metal harness disks and from the eyes of the horses, who looked round in alarm at the noisy party under the shadow of the porch roof.

She crossed the shadow world to the glowing portal that would take her where she wanted to go.

She didn't recognize the voice, but she saw the shadow world.

He glanced over his shoulder as he entered the shadow world.

I caught one of the them in the shadow world on his way back to the mortal realm.

The chill of the shadow world made her shiver.

The clingy cold of the shadow world disappeared, and she was left standing in the middle of her apartment.

Just because she knew there was a shadow society didn't mean everyone she ran into was part of it!

She'd found her way here through the shadow world.

Dread sank into her belly as she entered the shadow world and crossed to the glowing doorway.

Suddenly, the shadow world released her.

Sometimes, also, when the ice was covered with shallow puddles, I saw a double shadow of myself, one standing on the head of the other, one on the ice, the other on the trees or hillside.

He heard a rustle behind him and a shadow appeared under the curtain of the cot.

The dark shadow was Princess Mary, who had come up to the cot with noiseless steps, lifted the curtain, and dropped it again behind her.

In the dim shadow of the curtain her luminous eyes shone more brightly than usual from the tears of joy that were in them.

Natasha had no desire to go out anywhere and wandered from room to room like a shadow, idle and listless.

There was a stir among the officers in the shadow beyond the fire, and one tall, long-necked officer, walking round the fire, came up to Dolokhov.

In the ensuing darkness, red and blue lights flashed his shadow on the wet grass.

A shadow fell over her and she turned into the sun, shading her eyes with a gloved hand.

Damian issued few clean-up orders, for there was no way to maintain the discretion his Guardians needed to mask their shadow operations protecting humanity.

She stayed the urge to curl up in her chair, jumping when a shadow with lopsided shoulders emerged from the corner dressed like an executioner in black hood and gloves.