Shadow

Noun

 * 1) A dark image projected onto a surface where light is blocked by the shade of an object.
 * My shadow lengthened as the sun began to set.
 * 1) Relative darkness, especially as caused by the interruption of light; gloom, obscurity.
 * I immediately jumped into shadow as I saw them approach.
 * 1) That which looms as though a shadow.
 * 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.
 * Hepaticology, outside the temperate parts of the Northern Hemisphere, still lies deep in the shadow cast by that ultimate "closet taxonomist," Franz Stephani—a ghost whose shadow falls over us all.
 * 1) Merely a hint of substance.
 * He came back from war the shadow of a man.
 * He did not give even a shadow of respect to the professor.
 * 1) One who secretly or furtively follows another.
 * The constable was promoted to working as a shadow for the Royals.
 * 1) A type of lettering form of word processors that makes a cubic effect.
 * 1) A type of lettering form of word processors that makes a cubic effect.

Derived terms

 * rain shadow
 * shadow acting
 * shadow boxing
 * shadow cabinet
 * shadow government
 * shadow minister
 * shadow play

Verb

 * 1) To block light or radio transmission.
 * Looks like that cloud's going to shadow us.
 * 1)  To secretly or discreetly track or follow another, to keep under surveillance.
 * 2)  To make an identifier, usually a variable, inaccessible by declaring another of the same name within the scope of the first.

Derived terms

 * overshadow

Adjectives for Shadow
silvery; wandering; magnified; somber; impervious; stupendous; pale; brooding; luminous; gathering; swift; spectral; gentle; misty; lengthening; majestic; grotesque; thoughtful; sudden; protecting; eloquent; mellow; flocking; thin; transparent; tremulous; clear; portentous; monstrous; dappled; opaque; vague; lifelong; walking; gigantic; ghostly; heavy; deepest; magic-lantern; condemning; swimming; grim; gloomy; cool; noble; fantastic; horrible; mysterious; moonlight; twilight; dim; baleful; popular; softest; absurd; skulking; rustling; illuminated; distorted; flickering; haughty; intermittent; dense; violet; shapeless; evening; rosy; empty; translucent; sinister; weird; glimmering;  defensive;   fitful;  ghastly; straight; unnatural;  celestial;   meager; ambrosial; apotheosized; vaporous; gusty; noisome; shining; slatted; illusive; impalpable; slanting;  elongated;  transparent; changing; whispering; misty; bold; dread;veiled; solemn; encroaching; lifeless; thick¬ening; bounding;  trembling;  houseless; liquid; citron;  characteristic;  lessening; disturbing; meaner; lank; chiseled; consti¬tutional.

Verbs for Shadow
banish—; cast—; clutch at—; devise—; emerge from—; extend—; grope in—; haunt—; lurk in—; penetrate—; pierce—; repose in—; —blots; —casts; —creeps; — crouches; —dances; —dims; —disintegrates; —eclipses; —encircles; —engulfs; —falls; —flickers; —flits; —hangs; —haunts; — hovers; —hugs; —lengthens; —loiters; — looms; —melts; —plays; —radiates; —retreats ; —shifts; —shrouds; —stretches; — trembles; —tosses.

Thesaurus
Masan, adherent, adumbrate, adumbration, afterglow, afterimage, air, airy nothing, alter ego, amount, anima, anima humana, apparition, appearance, appendage, apply paint, arrangement, astral, astral spirit, atman, atmosphere, attendant, augury, auspicate, auspice, awning, ba, balance, banshee, barebones, beach umbrella, bean pole, beanstalk, becloud, bedarken, bedaub, bedim, bedizen, bedog, befog, begild, begloom, bemist, besmear, besmirch, betokening, betokenment, black, black out, blacken, blackwash, blight, blind, block the light, blot, blot out, blotch, body forth, bosom buddy, breath, breath of life, broomstick, brown, brush on paint, brushwork, bubble, buddhi, buff, butt, butt end, calcimine, caliber, candle ends, cast, cast a shadow, cavaliere servente, chaff, charcoal, chase, chum, clabber up, clothes pole, cloud, cloud over, cloud up, coat, color, come after, come behind, companion, compass, complexion, complicate, composition, comrade, concealment, control, copy, cork, corpse, couch, courtier, cover, covering, creep, crony, curse, curtain, cut, dab, dangler, dark shade, darken, darken over, darkness, dash, daub, dead ringer, debris, deep-dye, defense, degree, demonstrate, denigrate, departed spirit, dependent, design, detritus, dim, dim out, dimness, dinge, dip, disciple, disembodied spirit, distemper, divine breath, dog, double, double-dye, draftsmanship, drape, drapery, duplicate, duppy, dusk, dybbuk, dye, ebonize, echo, eclipse, effigy, ego, eidolon, emblazon, embody, enamel, encloud, encompass with shadow, end, engild, enmist, ether, exact likeness, exemplify, extent, eye, face, fag end, fan, fantasy, fast-dye, fellow, figure, filings, flunky, fog, follow, follow a clue, follow up, follower, following, foreshadow, foreshadowing, foreshow, foreshowing, foretoken, foretokening, form, fossil, fresco, garble, ghost, gild, glaze, gleam, gloom, gloss, go after, go behind, grade, grain, grateful dead, grouping, gruel, guard, guide, gumshoe, hanger-on, hant, haunt, have a hunch, have an intimation, haze, heart, heel, heeler, height, henchman, hint, holdover, homme de cour, hound, hue, hunt down, husks, icon, idea, idol, idolum, illuminate, illusion, illustrate, image, imbue, immateriality, impersonate, incarnate, incorporeal, incorporeal being, incorporeity, indicant, indication, ingrain, ink, inner man, interval, intimation, japan, jiva, jivatma, jumble, khu, lacquer, lanky, larva, lath, lay on color, lay wait, leap, leavings, lee, leftovers, lemures, level, lick, lie in wait, light shield, likeness, line, living image, living picture, look, lurk, make unintelligible, man, manes, mark, match, mate, materialization, measure, melanize, memento, mere shadow, mind, miniature, mirror, mirroring, mist, model, move behind, murk, mystify, nephesh, nightwalk, nigrify, nose, nose out, notch, nuance, nubilate, obfuscate, obnubilate, obscure, obscurity, obumbrate, occult, occultate, odds and ends, offscourings, omen, oni, orts, outline, overcast, overcloud, overshadow, oversmoke, paint, painterliness, paper, parasite, parasol, parget, parings, partisan, pas, peg, penumbra, period, personate, personify, perspective, phantasm, phantasma, phantasmagoria, phantom, photograph, picture, pigment, pitch, plane, plateau, pneuma, point, poltergeist, portent, portrait, predict, prefiguration, prefigure, preindication, premonitory shiver, premonitory sign, premonitory symptom, presage, presence, preservation, presignifying, pretypify, prime, prognostic, prognostication, project, promise, proportion, protection, protective custody, prowl, psyche, public, pursue, pursuer, pursuivant, purusha, pussyfoot, rags, rail, rake, range, ratio, rattlebones, reach, realize, reflect, reflection, reflex, refuge, refuse, relic, relics, remainder, remains, remnant, remove, resemblance, residue, residuum, rest, retainer, revenant, roach, round, ruach, rubbing, rubbish, ruins, rump, run down, run to earth, rung, safekeeping, safety, satellite, sawdust, scale, scintilla, scope, scourings, scramble, scraps, screen, sectary, semblance, servant, shade, shaded, shader, shadiness, shading, shadow forth, shadows numberless, shadowy, shady, shape, shaving, shavings, shellac, shelter, shield, shrouded spirit, sidekick, sign, silhouette, similitude, simulacrum, sip, skeleton, skiagram, skiagraph, skulk, slat, slim, slink, slip, slop on paint, smack, smattering, smear, smell, smell out, smirch, smog, smoke, smudge, smut, smutch, sneak, sniff out, somber, soot, soothsay, soul, soup, soupcon, space, spark, specter, spectral ghost, spindlelegs, spindleshanks, spirit, spiritual being, spiritus, spit and image, spitting image, splinter, spook, sprinkling, sprite, stack of bones, stain, stair, stalk, standard, steal, step, stilt, stint, stipple, stooge, straw, streak, string along, stubble, stump, successor, suggestion, sunblind, sunshade, sup, supporter, survival, suspicion, sweepings, tag, tag after, tag along, tagtail, tail, tailgate, taste, technique, the self, theophany, thin air, thought, tinct, tincture, tinge, tint, tiptoe, token, tokening, tone, touch, trace, trace down, tracing, track, track down, trail, trail after, trainbearer, tread, tread close upon, treatment, twiggy, twin, type, umbra, umbrage, umbrageousness, umbrella, undercoat, unsubstantiality, values, vapor, varnish, veil, vein, very image, very picture, vestige, vision, votary, wafer, waking dream, walking dead man, wandering soul, ward heeler, wash, waste, watchful eye, whitewash, wildest dream, wraith, zombie

Etymology
sceaduwe, inflected form of sceadu ( > English shade).

Noun

 * Afrikaans: skaduwee
 * Albanian:
 * Arabic:
 * Moroccan: (đll)
 * Armenian: ,
 * Azeri:
 * Basque: itzal, errainu, ilunune
 * Bengali: ছায়া, শ্যাডো
 * Breton: skeud
 * Bulgarian:
 * Catalan:
 * Central Atlas Tamazight: amalu
 * Chamicuro:
 * Chinese: 陰影, 阴影 (yīnyǐng)
 * Crimean Tatar:
 * Croatian:
 * Czech:
 * Danish:
 * Dutch:
 * Esperanto: kruda skizo
 * Estonian:
 * Finnish:
 * French:
 * Georgian: ,
 * German:
 * Greek: σκιά (skiá), ίσκιος (ískios)
 * Gujarati: પડછાયો
 * Haitian Creole:
 * Hawaiian: aka, huaka, ʻūmalu
 * Hebrew: צל (tzel)
 * Hindi: परछाई, छाया, मरीचिका
 * Hungarian: ,
 * Icelandic:
 * Indonesian:
 * Interlingua: umbra
 * Irish: scáth
 * Italian:


 * Japanese: 影 (kage), 陰影 (いんえい, in'ei)
 * Korean: 그림자 (geurimja)
 * Latin:
 * Latvian: ēna
 * Lithuanian: šešėlis
 * Malay:
 * Maltese:
 * Manx: ,
 * Norwegian:
 * Occitan:
 * Ojibwe: agawaateshinong
 * Old English:
 * Persian: سايه
 * Pitjantjatjara: wiltja, kaṉku
 * Polish:
 * Portuguese:
 * Punjabi: parchawan
 * Romagnolo: òra
 * Romanian:
 * Russian: тень (ten’)
 * Scottish Gaelic:, ,
 * Serbian: senka, sena
 * Slovak: tieň, tôňa
 * Slovene:
 * Spanish:
 * Swedish:
 * Tagalog: anino
 * Telugu: నీడ (niida)
 * Thai: (ngao muaa),  (ngao mêut)
 * Turkish:
 * Vietnamese: bóng, bóng tối
 * Welsh: cysgod
 * West Frisian: skaad
 * Yiddish: שאָטן (shotn)
 * Yiddish: שאָטן (shotn)


 * Czech:
 * Finnish:
 * French:
 * Greek:


 * Japanese: 陰 (kage)
 * Korean: 그늘 (geuneul), 응달 (eungdal)
 * Scottish Gaelic: ,


 * Bulgarian: преследвач (presledvač)
 * Finnish:


 * Greek: ,
 * Slovene:


 * Czech:
 * Finnish:


 * Japanese: 影付き
 * Portuguese:


 * : сїїдэр (suuder)
 * : svæði í skuga, forsæla


 * : ఛాయ (chaaya)

Verb

 * Czech:
 * Finnish:


 * German:


 * Czech:
 * Finnish:


 * French: prendre en filature,
 * German: