Overview of noun shadow

The noun shadow has 9 senses

• shadow -- (shade within clear boundaries)


• darkness, dark, shadow -- (an unilluminated area; "he moved off into the darkness")


• apparition, phantom, phantasm, phantasma, fantasm, shadow -- (something existing in perception only; "a ghostly apparition at midnight")


• shadow -- (a premonition of something adverse; "a shadow over his happiness")


• trace, vestige, tincture, shadow -- (an indication that something has been present; "there wasn't a trace of evidence for the claim"; "a tincture of condescension")


• shadow -- (refuge from danger or observation; "he felt secure in his father's shadow")


• shadow -- (a dominating and pervasive presence; "he received little recognition working in the shadow of his father")


• tail, shadow, shadower -- (a spy employed to follow someone and report their movements)


• shadow -- (an inseparable companion; "the poor child was his mother's shadow")

Overview of verb shadow

The verb shadow has 3 senses

• shadow -- (follow, usually without the person's knowledge; "The police are shadowing her")


• shadow, shade, shade off -- (cast a shadow over)


• shadow, overshadow, dwarf -- (make appear small by comparison; "This year's debt dwarfs that of last year")