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shadow
  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.
  14. Synonyms:
  15. Examples:
    1. “A light periodically shone through the cutout shape, casting a shadow onto the glass that resembled a tower.”
      “He drew back into the deep shadow and waited, if only to calm himself down.”
      “He knew without a shadow of a doubt that she was a spy.”
shadowing
  1. The effect of being shadowed (in the sense of blocked), as from a light source or radio transmission.
  2. The situation where an individual repeats speech immediately as they hear it (usually through earphones).
  3. (espionage) Secretly or discreetly tracking or following someone, keeping under surveillance.
  4. A faint representation; an adumbration.
  5. (computing) The technique of copying ROM contents to RAM to allow for shorter access times. The ROM chip is then disabled while the initialized memory locations are switched in on the same block of addresses.
  6. (education) A work experience option where students learn about a job by walking through the work day as a shadow to a competent worker.
  7. Synonyms:
  8. Examples:
    1. “The investigative bureau has put plenty of effort into the shadowing of their client's partner, but thus far, have yielded no results.”
shadowcasting
  1. The generation of shadows from a three-dimensional model.
  2. (microscopy) A technique in which an incident ray at a small angle to the horizontal casts a shadow, thus making an object easier to see.
shadowland
  1. A shadowy or borderline area, where normal rules and boundaries do not apply
  2. Synonyms:
  3. Examples:
    1. “Navigating through the twists and turns of the internet can sometimes feel like venturing into a shadowland, where rules and boundaries become blurred.”
      “Once we enter the residential lobby we encounter the city's shadowland of mirage.”
      “She knew that she was just a woman, after all, and he was a man, and the Dukedom had gone into shadowland.”
shadowiness
  1. The state or property of being shadowy.
  2. Synonyms:
  3. Examples:
    1. “Pah! Mandy may have had the ambition, the rise, and the shadowiness, but no one's ever going to award him this kind of nation-shaping credit.”
      “Which banana republic was home to such shadowiness?”
      “All this uncertainty adds to the shadowiness of the experience.”
shadowe
  1. Obsolete spelling of shadow
shadower
  1. One who shadows.
  2. Examples:
    1. “The shadower fired its maneuvering thrusters at full power as it tried to effect an erratic evasive pattern.”
      “I was followed by my shadower to-day, and only succeeded in shaking him off just before coming here.”
      “The wicked curved knife doubtless concealed under the belt of the apache turned the scale decisively in the mind of the shadower.”
shadowinesses
shadowlands
  1. plural of shadowland
  2. Synonyms:
  3. Examples:
    1. “But the only known Mandrake tree in existence is in the centre of the shadowlands.”
      “Now more than ever the profession needs strong inspired leadership to rescue it from the shadowlands.”
      “Both were possessed of massive majorities in Parliament and both believed the opposition to be a spent force, vanquished to the political shadowlands.”
shadowings
shadowers
  1. plural of shadower
shadowes
  1. plural of shadowe
shadows
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