Definitions for shadow

Definitions for (noun) shadow

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


Definitions for (verb) shadow

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


Visual thesaurus for shadow