Definitions of shadow [ˈʃæd oʊ]

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Definition of 'shadow'

Random House Webster's College Dictionary

1. (n.) shadow
a dark figure or image cast on the ground or other surface by a body intercepting light.

2.  shadow
shade or comparative darkness.

3.  shadow
shadows, darkness, esp. that coming after sunset.

4.  shadow
shelter or protection.

5.  shadow
a slight suggestion; trace:
beyond the shadow of a doubt.

6.  shadow
a specter or ghost.

7.  shadow
a hint or intimation.

8.  shadow
a mere semblance:
the shadow of power.

9.  shadow
a reflected image.

10.  shadow
(in painting, drawing, graphics, etc.)

11.  shadow
the dark part of a picture, esp. as representing the absence of illumination.

12.  shadow
a period or instance of gloom, unhappiness, or the like.

13.  shadow
a dominant or pervasive threat:
the shadow of war.

14.  shadow
an inseparable companion.

15.  shadow
a spy or detective.

16. (v.t.) shadow
to cover with shadow.

17.  shadow
to cast a gloom over; cloud.

18.  shadow
to screen or protect, as from light.

19.  shadow
to follow the movements of secretly.

20.  shadow
to represent faintly, prophetically, etc. (often fol. by forth).

21.  shadow
Archaic. to shelter or protect.

22.  shadow
Archaic. to shade in painting, drawing, etc.

23. (adj.) shadow
of or pertaining to a shadow cabinet.

24.  shadow
without official authority:
a shadow government.

Etymology: (bef. 900; (n.) ME sch(e)adew(e), schadow, shadw(e), OE scead(u)we, obl. case of sceadushade ; (v.) ME; OE sceadwian to protect, overshadow)

Definition of 'shadow'

Princeton's WordNet

1. (noun) shadow
shade within clear boundaries

2. (noun) darkness, dark, shadow
an unilluminated area
"he moved off into the darkness"

3. (noun) apparition, phantom, phantasm, phantasma, fantasm, shadow
something existing in perception only
"a ghostly apparition at midnight"

4. (noun) shadow
a premonition of something adverse
"a shadow over his happiness"

5. (noun) trace, vestige, tincture, shadow
an indication that something has been present
"there wasn't a trace of evidence for the claim"; "a tincture of condescension"

6. (noun) shadow
refuge from danger or observation
"he felt secure in his father's shadow"

7. (noun) shadow
a dominating and pervasive presence
"he received little recognition working in the shadow of his father"

8. (noun) tail, shadow, shadower
a spy employed to follow someone and report their movements

9. (verb) shadow
an inseparable companion
"the poor child was his mother's shadow"

10. (verb) shadow
follow, usually without the person's knowledge
"The police are shadowing her"

11. (verb) shadow, shade, shade off
cast a shadow over

12. (verb) shadow, overshadow, dwarf
make appear small by comparison
"This year's debt dwarfs that of last year"

Definition of 'shadow'

Kernerman English Learner’s Dictionary

1. (noun) shadow
a dark area produced when light is behind an object
a cat chasing its shadow; They hid in the shadows of the alley.

2. shadow
without/beyond a shadow of a doubt
with complete certainty
The evidence proves her guilt beyond a shadow of a doubt.

3. shadow
in the shadow of
strongly influenced or limited by
a child growing up in the shadow of racism; always in his older brother's shadow

Definition of 'shadow'

Webster Dictionary

1. (noun) shadow
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

2. (noun) shadow
darkness; shade; obscurity

3. (noun) shadow
a shaded place; shelter; protection; security

4. (noun) shadow
a reflected image, as in a mirror or in water

5. (noun) shadow
that which follows or attends a person or thing like a shadow; an inseparable companion; hence, an obsequious follower

6. (noun) shadow
a spirit; a ghost; a shade; a phantom

7. (noun) shadow
an imperfect and faint representation; adumbration; indistinct image; dim bodying forth; hence, mystical representation; type

8. (noun) shadow
a small degree; a shade

9. (noun) shadow
an uninvited guest coming with one who is invited

10. (noun) shadow
to cut off light from; to put in shade; to shade; to throw a shadow upon; to overspead with obscurity

11. (noun) shadow
to conceal; to hide; to screen

12. (noun) shadow
to protect; to shelter from danger; to shroud

13. (noun) shadow
to mark with gradations of light or color; to shade

14. (noun) shadow
to represent faintly or imperfectly; to adumbrate; hence, to represent typically

15. (noun) shadow
to cloud; to darken; to cast a gloom over

16. (noun) shadow
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

Translation of 'shadow'

Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary

Sense: (a patch of) shade on the ground etc caused by an object blocking the light We are in the shadow of that building.
Afrikaans: skaduwee	Arabic: ظِل، خَيال	Bulgarian: сянка
Brazilian: sombra	Czech: stín	German: der Schatten
Danish: skygge	Greek: ίσκιος, σκιά	Spanish: sombra
Estonian: vari	Farsi: سايه	Finnish: varjo
French: ombre	Hebrew: צֵל	Hindi: परछाई
Croatian: sjena, sjenka	Hungarian: árnyék	Indonesian: bayang-bayang
Icelandic: skuggi	Italian: ombra	Japanese: 影
Korean: 그림자	Lithuanian: šešėlis	Latvian: ēna
Malay: bayang-bayang	Dutch: schaduw	Norwegian: skygge
Polish: cień	Persian: سايه	Pashto: سيورې (لكه دبنيادم): سرپن
Portuguese: sombra	Romanian: umbră	Russian: тень
Slovak: tieň	Slovenian: senca	Serbian: senka
Swedish: skugga	Thai: เงา	Turkish: gölge
Taiwanese: 影子，陰影	Ukrainian: тінь	Urdu: کسی جسم کا سایہ
Vietnamese: bóng râm	Chinese: 荫，阴影处
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