shadow
see also: Shadow
Pronunciation Noun
Shadow
Proper noun
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see also: Shadow
Pronunciation Noun
shadow
- A dark image projected onto a surface where light (or other radiation) is blocked by the shade of an object.
- My shadow lengthened as the sun began to set.
- The X-ray showed a shadow on his lung.
- Relative darkness, especially as caused by the interruption of light; gloom, obscurity.
- I immediately jumped into shadow as I saw them approach.
- Night's sable shadows from the ocean rise.
- In secret shadow from the sunny ray, / On a sweet bed of lilies softly laid.
- A area protected by an obstacle (likened to an object blocking out sunlight).
- The mountains block the passage of rain-producing weather systems and cast a "shadow" of dryness behind them.
- (obsolete) A reflected image, as in a mirror or in water.
- 1596-99, William Shakespeare, The Merchant of Venice, Act II, scene 9, line 66.
- Some there be that shadows kiss; / Such have but a shadow's bliss.
- 1596-99, William Shakespeare, The Merchant of Venice, Act II, scene 9, line 66.
- That which looms as though a shadow.
- 1992, Rudolf M[athias] Schuster, The Hepaticae and Anthocerotae of North America: East of the Hundredth Meridian, volume V, New York, N.Y.: Columbia University Press, →ISBN, page vii:
- 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.
- 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.
- A small degree; a shade.
- He did not give even a shadow of respect to the professor.
- Bible, James i. 17
- no variableness, neither shadow of turning
- An imperfect and faint representation.
- He came back from war the shadow of a man.
- the neopagan ritual was only a pale shadow of the ones the Greeks held thousands of years ago
- Bible, Hebrews x. 1
- the law having a shadow of good things to come
- 1667, John Milton, “Book 10”, in Paradise Lost. A Poem Written in Ten Books, London: Printed [by Samuel Simmons], and are to be sold by Peter Parker […] [a]nd by Robert Boulter […] [a]nd Matthias Walker, […], OCLC 228722708 ↗; republished as Paradise Lost in Ten Books: The Text Exactly Reproduced from the First Edition of 1667: […], London: Basil Montagu Pickering […], 1873, OCLC 230729554 ↗:
- [types] and shadowes of that destined seed
- (UK, police) A trainee, assigned to work with an experienced officer.
- One who secretly or furtively follows another.
- The constable was promoted to working as a shadow for the Royals.
- 1667, John Milton, “Book 8”, in Paradise Lost. A Poem Written in Ten Books, London: Printed [by Samuel Simmons], and are to be sold by Peter Parker […] [a]nd by Robert Boulter […] [a]nd Matthias Walker, […], OCLC 228722708 ↗; republished as Paradise Lost in Ten Books: The Text Exactly Reproduced from the First Edition of 1667: […], London: Basil Montagu Pickering […], 1873, OCLC 230729554 ↗:
- Sin and her shadow Death
- An inseparable companion.
- (typography) A drop shadow effect applied to lettering in word processors etc.
- An influence, especially a pervasive or a negative one.
- A spirit; a ghost; a shade.
- c. 1606, William Shakespeare Macbeth, act 3, scene 4
- The baby of a girl. Hence, horrible shadow!
- c. 1606, William Shakespeare Macbeth, act 3, scene 4
- (obsolete, Latinism) An uninvited guest accompanying one who was invited.
- Synonyms: umbra
- (psychology) In Jungian psychology, an unconscious aspect of the personality.
- Portuguese: sombra
- Russian: (colloquial) шпик
- Portuguese: sombreado
shadow (shadows, present participle shadowing; past and past participle shadowed)
- (transitive) To shade, cloud
or darken. - The artist chose to shadow this corner of the painting.
- (transitive) To block light or radio transmission from.
- Looks like that cloud's going to shadow us.
- (espionage) To secretly or discreetly track or follow another, to keep under surveillance.
- (transitive) To represent faintly and imperfectly.
- (transitive) To hide; to conceal.
- (transitive) To accompany (a professional) during the working day, so as to learn about an occupation one intends to take up.
- (transitive, programming) To make (an identifier, usually a variable) inaccessible by declaring another of the same name within the scope of the first.
- (transitive, computing) To apply the shadowing process to (the contents of ROM).
- German: beschatten
- Portuguese: sombrear
- French: prendre en filature, filer
- German: beschatten
shadow
- Unofficial, informal, unauthorized, but acting as though it were.
- The human resources department has a shadow information technology group without headquarters knowledge.
- Having power or influence, but not widely known or recognized.
- The director has been giving shadow leadership to the other group's project to ensure its success.
- The illuminati shadow group has been pulling strings from behind the scenes.
- (politics) Acting in a leadership role before being formally recognized.
- The shadow cabinet cannot agree on the terms of the agreement due immediately after they are sworn in.
- The insurgents’ shadow government is being crippled by the federal military strikes.
- (AU, politics) Part of, or related to, the opposition in government.
Shadow
Proper noun
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