English dictionary

shadow

/'/S//&/d/oU/

Definitions, examples, synonyms and antonyms from WordNet 3.0.

noun

shade within clear boundaries

noun.state

Source: WordNet 3.0
an unilluminated area

noun.location

Synonyms dark darkness

Source: WordNet 3.0
something existing in perception only

noun.cognition

Synonyms apparition fantasm phantasm phantasma phantom

Source: WordNet 3.0
a premonition of something adverse

noun.feeling

Examples
A shadow over his happiness.

Source: WordNet 3.0
an indication that something has been present

noun.communication

Synonyms tincture trace vestige

Source: WordNet 3.0
refuge from danger or observation

noun.attribute

Examples
He felt secure in his father's shadow.

Source: WordNet 3.0
a dominating and pervasive presence

noun.state

Examples
He received little recognition working in the shadow of his father.

Source: WordNet 3.0
a spy employed to follow someone and report their movements

noun.person

Synonyms shadower tail

Source: WordNet 3.0
an inseparable companion

noun.person

Examples
The poor child was his mother's shadow.

Source: WordNet 3.0
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, <pos>n.</pos>, 1.

noun

Source: webster1913

follow, usually without the person's knowledge

verb.motion

Examples
The police are shadowing her.

Source: WordNet 3.0
cast a shadow over

verb.weather

Synonyms shade shade off

Source: WordNet 3.0
make appear small by comparison

verb.stative

Synonyms dwarf overshadow

Source: WordNet 3.0
To cut off light from; to put in shade; to shade; to throw a shadow upon; to overspead with obscurity.

verb

Source: webster1913