SHADOW

noun a small degree; a shade.

2. shadow ·noun darkness; shade; obscurity.

3. shadow ·noun a spirit; a ghost; a shade; a phantom.

4. shadow ·noun a reflected image, as in a mirror or in water.

5. shadow ·noun a shaded place; shelter; protection; security.

6. shadow ·noun an uninvited guest coming with one who is invited.

7. shadow ·noun to mark with gradations of light or color; to shade.

8. shadow ·noun to cloud; to darken; to cast a gloom over.

9. shadow ·noun to protect; to shelter from danger; to shroud.

10. shadow ·noun to conceal; to hide; to screen.

11. shadow ·noun to represent faintly or imperfectly; to adumbrate; hence, to represent typically.

12. shadow ·noun that which follows or attends a person or thing like a shadow; an inseparable companion; hence, an obsequious follower.

13. shadow ·noun to cut off light from; to put in shade; to shade; to throw a shadow upon; to overspead with obscurity.

14. shadow ·noun an imperfect and faint representation; adumbration; indistinct image; dim bodying forth; hence, mystical representation; type.

15. shadow ·noun 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.

xvi. shadow ·noun 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, ·noun, 1.