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Noun
  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. (obsolete) A reflected image, as in a mirror or in water.
  4. That which looms as though a shadow.
  5. A small degree; a shade.
  6. An imperfect and faint representation.
  7. (Britain, law enforcement) A trainee, assigned to work with an experienced officer.
  8. One who secretly or furtively follows another.
  9. A type of lettering form of word processors that makes a cubic effect.
  10. An influence, especially a pervasive or a negative one.
  11. A spirit; a ghost; a shade.
  12. (Latinism) An uninvited guest accompanying one who was invited.
  13. (psychology) In Jungian psychology, an unconscious aspect of the personality.
Verb
  1. To block light or radio transmission.
  2. (espionage) To secretly or discreetly track or follow another, to keep under surveillance.
  3. To accompany a professional during the working day, so as to learn about an occupation one intends to take up.
  4. (programming) To make an identifier, usually a variable, inaccessible by declaring another of the same name within the scope of the first.
  5. (computing) To apply the shadowing process to (the contents of ROM).
Adjective
  1. Unofficial, informal, unauthorized, but acting as though it were.
  2. Having power or influence, but not widely known or recognized.
  3. (politics) Acting in a leadership role before being formally recognized.
  4. (politics) Part of, or related to, the opposition in government.
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