Complete Definition of "shadow"

English

Etymology
Old English sceaduwe, inflected form of sceadu ( > English shade).

Pronunciation
AHD|sh�d'�, IPA|/��æd��/
audio|en-us-shadow.ogg|Audio (US)

Noun
en-noun

  1. A dark image projected onto a surface where light is blocked by the shade of an object.

#: My shadow lengthened as the sun began to set.

  1. Relative darkness, especially as caused by the interruption of light; gloom, obscurity.

#: I immediately jumped in shadow as I saw them approach.

  1. That which looms as though a shadow.

#: I don't have a shadow of doubt in my mind that my plan will succeed.
#: The shadow of fear of me being outed always affects how I live my life.
#: I lived in her shadow my whole life.

  1. Merely a hint of substance.

#: He came back from war the shadow of a man.
#: He did not give even a shadow of respect to the professor.

  1. One who secretly or furtively follows another.

#: The constable was promoted to working as a shadow for the Royals.

Translations
trans-top|dark image projected onto a surface
trreq|Afrikaans
Albanian: hije f
Arabic: Arab|ظ� IPAchar|(�ill)
trreq|Armenian
Basque: itzal, errainu, ilunune
trreq|Bengali
Breton: skeud m
Bulgarian: t+|bg|��нка|f|trsjanka|scCyrl
Catalan: t-|ca|ombra|f
Chinese: �影 (yīny�ng)
Croatian: t-|hr|sjena|f
Czech: t-|cs|stín|m
trreq|Danish
Dutch: t+|nl|schaduw|m
trreq|Esperanto
trreq|Estonian
Finnish: t+|fi|varjo
French: t+|fr|ombre|f
Frisian: skaad n
Georgian: ������� (a�rdili)
German: t+|de|Schatten|m
Greek: �κιά (skiá) f, ί�κιο� (ískios) m
trreq|Gujarati
Hawaiian: aka, huaka, ʻūmalu
Hebrew: צ� (tzel) m
trreq|Hindi
Hungarian: t-|hu|árnyék
trans-mid
Icelandic: t+|is|skuggi|m
Italian: t+|it|ombra|f
Japanese: å½± (kage)
Korean: 그림� (geurimja)
Latin: t-|la|umbra|f
trreq|Latvian
trreq|Lithuanian
Malay: bayang
trreq|Maltese
Norwegian: t-|no|skygge|m
Ojibwe: agawaateshinong
trreq|Old English
trreq|Persian
Pitjantjatjara: wiltja, ka�ku
Polish: cie� m
Punjabi: parchawan
Portuguese: t+|pt|sombra|f
Russian: �ен� (ten�) f
Slovene: t+|sl|senca|f
Spanish: t+|es|sombra|f
Swedish: t+|sv|skugga|c
trreq|Tamil
Thai: Thai|��ามัว (ngao muaa), Thai|��ามื� (ngao mêut)
Turkish: t-|tr|gölge
Telugu: న�డ (niida)
Tamazight: amalu m
trreq|Vietnamese
trreq|Welsh
Yiddish: ש�ָ�� (shotn) m
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trans-top|relative darkness
Japanese: � (kage)
trans-mid
Korean: 그� (geuneul), �� (eungdal)
trans-bottom

trans-top|one who secretly or furtively follows another
Bulgarian: п�е�ледва� (presledva�) m
trans-mid
Slovene: senca f
trans-bottom

Translations to be checked
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ttbc|Mongolian: ���� (suuder)
ttbc|Slovak: tie� m, tô�a f

Verb
en-verb

  1. To block light or radio transmission.

#: Looks like that cloud's going to shadow us.

  1. To secretly track or follow another, to keep under surveillance.
  2. complang To make an identifier, usually a variable, inaccessible by declaring another of the same name within the scope of the first.

Derived terms
rain shadow
shadow acting
shadow minister
shadow cabinet
shadow boxing

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