Shadow

/ˈʃædəʊ̯/ · noun

Meaning

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

Definitions by Sense

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

Example Sentences

My shadow lengthened as the sun began to set.

The X-ray showed a shadow on his lung.

The stories did not seem to me to touch life. […] They left me with the impression of a well-delivered stereopticon lecture, with characters about as life-like as the shadows on the screen, and whisking on and off, at the mercy of the operator.

I immediately jumped into shadow as I saw them approach.

In secret shadow from the sunny ray, / On a sweet bed of lillies softly layd.

Night's sable shadows from the ocean rise.

The mountains block the passage of rain-producing weather systems and cast a "shadow" of dryness behind them.

Some there be that ſhadowes kiſſe, / Such haue but a ſhadowes bliſſe.

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• shadows
• more shadow
• most shadow
• shadowing
• shadowed

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