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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]: Shadow \Shad"ow\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Shadowed}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Shadowing}.] [OE. shadowen, AS. sceadwian. See {adow}, n.] 1. To cut off light from; to put in shade; to shade; to throw a shadow upon; to overspead with obscurity. [1913 Webster] The warlike elf much wondered at this tree, So fair and great, that shadowed all the ground. --Spenser. [1913 Webster] 2. To conceal; to hide; to screen. [R.] [1913 Webster] Let every soldier hew him down a bough. And bear't before him; thereby shall we shadow The numbers of our host. --Shak. [1913 Webster] 3. To protect; to shelter from danger; to shroud. [1913 Webster] Shadowing their right under your wings of war. --Shak. [1913 Webster] 4. To mark with gradations of light or color; to shade. [1913 Webster] 5. To represent faintly or imperfectly; to adumbrate; hence, to represent typically. [1913 Webster] Augustus is shadowed in the person of [AE]neas. --Dryden. [1913 Webster] 6. To cloud; to darken; to cast a gloom over. [1913 Webster] The shadowed livery of the burnished sun. --Shak. [1913 Webster] Why sad? I must not see the face O love thus shadowed. --Beau. & Fl. [1913 Webster] 7. To attend as closely as a shadow; to follow and watch closely, especially in a secret or unobserved manner; as, a detective shadows a criminal. [1913 Webster] From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]: Shadow \Shad"ow\ (sh[a^]d"[-o]), n. [Originally the same word as shade. [root]162. See {Shade}.] 1. Shade within defined limits; obscurity or deprivation of light, apparent on a surface, and representing the form of the body which intercepts the rays of light; as, the shadow of a man, of a tree, or of a tower. See the Note under {Shade}, n., 1. [1913 Webster] 2. Darkness; shade; obscurity. [1913 Webster] Night's sable shadows from the ocean rise. --Denham. [1913 Webster] 3. A shaded place; shelter; protection; security. [1913 Webster] In secret shadow from the sunny ray, On a sweet bed of lilies softly laid. --Spenser. [1913 Webster] 4. A reflected image, as in a mirror or in water. --Shak. [1913 Webster] 5. That which follows or attends a person or thing like a shadow; an inseparable companion; hence, an obsequious follower. [1913 Webster] Sin and her shadow Death. --Milton. [1913 Webster] 6. A spirit; a ghost; a shade; a phantom. "Hence, horrible shadow!" --Shak. [1913 Webster] 7. An imperfect and faint representation; adumbration; indistinct image; dim bodying forth; hence, mystical representation; type. [1913 Webster] The law having a shadow of good things to come. --Heb. x. 1. [1913 Webster] [Types] and shadows of that destined seed. --Milton. [1913 Webster] 8. A small degree; a shade. "No variableness, neither shadow of turning." --James i. 17. [1913 Webster] 9. An uninvited guest coming with one who is invited. [A Latinism] --Nares. [1913 Webster] I must not have my board pastered with shadows That under other men's protection break in Without invitement. --Massinger. [1913 Webster] {Shadow of death}, darkness or gloom like that caused by the presence or the impending of death. --Ps. xxiii. 4. [1913 Webster] From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: shadow n 1: shade within clear boundaries 2: an unilluminated area; "he moved off into the darkness" [syn: {darkness}, {dark}, {shadow}] 3: something existing in perception only; "a ghostly apparition at midnight" [syn: {apparition}, {phantom}, {phantasm}, {phantasma}, {fantasm}, {shadow}] 4: a premonition of something adverse; "a shadow over his happiness" 5: an indication that something has been present; "there wasn't a trace of evidence for the claim"; "a tincture of condescension" [syn: {trace}, {vestige}, {tincture}, {shadow}] 6: refuge from danger or observation; "he felt secure in his father's shadow" 7: a dominating and pervasive presence; "he received little recognition working in the shadow of his father" 8: a spy employed to follow someone and report their movements [syn: {tail}, {shadow}, {shadower}] 9: an inseparable companion; "the poor child was his mother's shadow" v 1: follow, usually without the person's knowledge; "The police are shadowing her" 2: cast a shadow over [syn: {shadow}, {shade}, {shade off}] 3: make appear small by comparison; "This year's debt dwarfs that of last year" [syn: {shadow}, {overshadow}, {dwarf}]