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