Shadow

Quick meaning: Shadow is a noun meaning A dark image projected onto a surface where light (or other radiation) is blocked by the shade of an object.

Meaning

A dark image projected onto a surface where light (or other radiation) is blocked by the shade of an object.

More Meanings

1. Relative darkness, especially as caused by the interruption of light; gloom; obscurity.
2. An area protected by an obstacle (likened to an object blocking out sunlight).
3. (figurative) That which looms as though a shadow.
4. An imperfect and faint representation.
5. (UK, law enforcement) A trainee, assigned to work with an experienced officer.
6. (obsolete or poetic) A reflected image, as in a mirror or in water.
7. (chiefly in the negative) A small degree; a shade.

Example Sentences

The X-ray showed a shadow on his lung.

Night's sable shadows from the ocean rise.

My shadow lengthened as the sun began to set.

I immediately jumped into shadow as I saw them approach.

Word Forms

• shadows
• shadowing
• shadowed

Synonyms for shadow

Depending on context, synonyms include umbra, vestige, trace, phantom, dark, apparition.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include trace, apparition, phantom, vestige, overshadow, dwarf.

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