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shadow::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | apparition, fantasm, phantasm, phantasma, phantom |
| Type of | illusion, semblance |
| Has types | unidentified flying object, wraith, flying saucer, ghost, flying dutchman, specter, shade, spook, spectre, ufo |
| Derivation | shadowy |
shadow::verb | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Type of | follow |
| Derivation | shadowing, shadower |
The police are shadowing her.
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Type of | shade, shadiness, shadowiness |
| Has types | penumbra, umbra |
| Derivation | shadowy |
Examples of shadow
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The first major economic report of 2008 cast a gloomy shadow on the coming year.
From the forbes.com
It was taken while she played with her shadow at her big sister's softball game.
From the kansas.com
It quickly fell into the shadow of the cheaper Macintosh, launched a year later.
From the stltoday.com
Yet at this World Cup, Wilkinson is a shadow of his former self as a goalkicker.
From the nzherald.co.nz
She's wearing tinted moisturizer, cheek tint, eye shadow, mascara and lip gloss.
From the timesunion.com
You could add Shostakovich to the list for whom Beethoven's Ninth cast a shadow.
From the guardian.co.uk
She could get rid of the shadow of the terrible incident, and marry another man.
From the theepochtimes.com
Party leader David Cameron and shadow chancellor George Osborne are on the list.
From the news.sky.com
Both the film and the filmmaker pay as much deference to the shadow as the star.
From the freep.com
- Follow, usually without the person's knowledge; "The police are shadowing her"
- Shade within clear boundaries
- Cast a shadow over
- Darkness: an unilluminated area; "he moved off into the darkness"
- Apparition: something existing in perception only; "a ghostly apparition at midnight"
- Make appear small by comparison; "This year's debt dwarfs that of last year"
- A shadow is an area where direct light from a light source cannot reach due to obstruction by an object. It occupies all of the space behind an opaque object with light in front of it. ...
- Shadow, The Dark Side of Truth, is a 2009 Hindi film produced by visually-impaired Nasser Khan. The film is directed by Rohit Nayyar.
- "Shadow" is the second single from Ashlee Simpson's debut album, Autobiography. Released in 2004, the single peaked at #57 in the USA, becoming Simpson's second Billboard Hot 100 entry; it also peaked at #31 in Australia.
