'Shadow' definitions:

Definition of 'shadow'

(from WordNet)
noun
Shade within clear boundaries
noun
An unilluminated area; "he moved off into the darkness" [syn: darkness, dark, shadow]
noun
Something existing in perception only; "a ghostly apparition at midnight" [syn: apparition, phantom, phantasm, phantasma, fantasm, shadow]
noun
A premonition of something adverse; "a shadow over his happiness"
noun
An indication that something has been present; "there wasn't a trace of evidence for the claim"; "a tincture of condescension" [syn: trace, vestige, tincture, shadow]
noun
Refuge from danger or observation; "he felt secure in his father's shadow"
noun
A dominating and pervasive presence; "he received little recognition working in the shadow of his father"
noun
A spy employed to follow someone and report their movements [syn: tail, shadow, shadower]
noun
An inseparable companion; "the poor child was his mother's shadow"
verb
Follow, usually without the person's knowledge; "The police are shadowing her"
verb
Cast a shadow over [syn: shadow, shade, shade off]
verb
Make appear small by comparison; "This year's debt dwarfs that of last year" [syn: shadow, overshadow, dwarf]

Definition of 'Shadow'

From: GCIDE
  • Shadow \Shad"ow\ (sh[a^]d"[-o]), n. [Originally the same word as shade. [root]162. See Shade.]
  • 1. Shade within defined limits; obscurity or deprivation of light, apparent on a surface, and representing the form of the body which intercepts the rays of light; as, the shadow of a man, of a tree, or of a tower. See the Note under Shade, n., 1. [1913 Webster]
  • 2. Darkness; shade; obscurity. [1913 Webster]
  • Night's sable shadows from the ocean rise. --Denham. [1913 Webster]
  • 3. A shaded place; shelter; protection; security. [1913 Webster]
  • In secret shadow from the sunny ray, On a sweet bed of lilies softly laid. --Spenser. [1913 Webster]
  • 4. A reflected image, as in a mirror or in water. --Shak. [1913 Webster]
  • 5. That which follows or attends a person or thing like a shadow; an inseparable companion; hence, an obsequious follower. [1913 Webster]
  • Sin and her shadow Death. --Milton. [1913 Webster]
  • 6. A spirit; a ghost; a shade; a phantom. "Hence, horrible shadow!" --Shak. [1913 Webster]
  • 7. An imperfect and faint representation; adumbration; indistinct image; dim bodying forth; hence, mystical representation; type. [1913 Webster]
  • The law having a shadow of good things to come. --Heb. x. 1. [1913 Webster]
  • [Types] and shadows of that destined seed. --Milton. [1913 Webster]
  • 8. A small degree; a shade. "No variableness, neither shadow of turning." --James i. 17. [1913 Webster]
  • 9. An uninvited guest coming with one who is invited. [A Latinism] --Nares. [1913 Webster]
  • I must not have my board pastered with shadows That under other men's protection break in Without invitement. --Massinger. [1913 Webster]
  • Shadow of death, darkness or gloom like that caused by the presence or the impending of death. --Ps. xxiii. 4. [1913 Webster]

Definition of 'Shadow'

From: GCIDE
  • Shadow \Shad"ow\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Shadowed; p. pr. & vb. n. Shadowing.] [OE. shadowen, AS. sceadwian. See adow, n.]
  • 1. To cut off light from; to put in shade; to shade; to throw a shadow upon; to overspead with obscurity. [1913 Webster]
  • The warlike elf much wondered at this tree, So fair and great, that shadowed all the ground. --Spenser. [1913 Webster]
  • 2. To conceal; to hide; to screen. [R.] [1913 Webster]
  • Let every soldier hew him down a bough. And bear't before him; thereby shall we shadow The numbers of our host. --Shak. [1913 Webster]
  • 3. To protect; to shelter from danger; to shroud. [1913 Webster]
  • Shadowing their right under your wings of war. --Shak. [1913 Webster]
  • 4. To mark with gradations of light or color; to shade. [1913 Webster]
  • 5. To represent faintly or imperfectly; to adumbrate; hence, to represent typically. [1913 Webster]
  • Augustus is shadowed in the person of [AE]neas. --Dryden. [1913 Webster]
  • 6. To cloud; to darken; to cast a gloom over. [1913 Webster]
  • The shadowed livery of the burnished sun. --Shak. [1913 Webster]
  • Why sad? I must not see the face O love thus shadowed. --Beau. & Fl. [1913 Webster]
  • 7. 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. [1913 Webster]

Definition of 'shadow'

From: Easton
  • Shadow used in Col. 2:17; Heb. 8:5; 10:1 to denote the typical relation of the Jewish to the Christian dispensation.

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