Shadow

·noun A small degree; a shade.

II. Shadow ·noun Darkness; shade; obscurity.

III. Shadow ·noun A spirit; a ghost; a shade; a phantom.

IV. Shadow ·noun A reflected image, as in a mirror or in water.

V. Shadow ·noun A shaded place; shelter; protection; security.

VI. Shadow ·noun An uninvited guest coming with one who is invited.

VII. Shadow ·noun To mark with gradations of light or color; to Shade.

VIII. Shadow ·noun To Cloud; to Darken; to cast a gloom over.

IX. Shadow ·noun To Protect; to shelter from danger; to Shroud.

X. Shadow ·noun To Conceal; to Hide; to Screen.

XI. Shadow ·noun To represent faintly or imperfectly; to Adumbrate; hence, to represent typically.

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

XIII. Shadow ·noun To cut off light from; to put in shade; to Shade; to throw a shadow upon; to overspead with obscurity.

XIV. Shadow ·noun An imperfect and faint representation; adumbration; indistinct image; dim bodying forth; hence, mystical representation; type.

XV. 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.