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What is the verb for shadow?

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shadow
  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).
  6. Synonyms:
      7. shade, darken, overshadow, dim, becloud, bedim, befog, cloud, dislimn, overcast, overcloud, shroud, adumbrate, blacken, blear, blur, eclipse, fog, obscure, screen, shield, veil, gray, grey, haze, inumbrate, mist, overhang, shelter, umbrage, fuzz up, cast a shadow on, cast a shadow over, envelop in shadow, blot out, block off the light to, obfuscate, cover, cloak, mask, murk, conceal, hide, cloud over, blanket, enshroud, curtain, occult, block out, envelop … more
  7. Examples:
      8. “They were dressed in long robes with hoods that would shadow their faces.”
      “Was Baranov detailed to shadow him, to keep a record of all his slips and errors until the evidence was certain?”
shadowing
  1. present participle of shadow
  2. Synonyms:
      3. shading, darkening, overshadowing, dimming, beclouding, bedimming, befogging, clouding, dislimning, overcasting, overclouding, shrouding, adumbrating, blackening, blearing, blurring, eclipsing, fogging, obscuring, screening, shielding, veiling, graying, greying, hazing, inumbrating, misting, overhanging, sheltering, umbraging, fuzzing up, casting a shadow on, casting a shadow over, enveloping in shadow, blotting out, blocking off the light to, following, tracking, pursuing, trailing, tailing, dogging, stalking, tagging, hounding, tracing, chasing, hunting, surveilling, coursing … more
shadows
  1. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of shadow
  2. Synonyms:
      3. shades, darkens, overshadows, dims, beclouds, bedims, befogs, clouds, dislimns, overcasts, overclouds, shrouds, adumbrates, blackens, blears, blurs, eclipses, fogs, obscures, screens, shields, veils, grays, greys, hazes, inumbrates, mists, overhangs, shelters, umbrages, fuzzes up, casts a shadow on, casts a shadow over, envelops in shadow, blots out, blocks off the light to, follows, tracks, pursues, trails, tails, dogs, stalks, tags, hounds, traces, chases, hunts, surveils, courses … more
shadoweth
  1. (archaic) Third-person singular simple present indicative form of shadow
shadowest
  1. (archaic) second-person singular simple present form of shadow
shadowed
  1. simple past tense and past participle of shadow
  2. Synonyms:
      3. shaded, darkened, overshadowed, dimmed, beclouded, bedimmed, befogged, clouded, dislimned, overcast, overclouded, shrouded, adumbrated, blackened, bleared, blurred, eclipsed, fogged, obscured, screened, shielded, veiled, grayed, greyed, hazed, inumbrated, misted, overhung, sheltered, umbraged, fuzzed up, cast a shadow on, cast a shadow over, enveloped in shadow, blotted out, blocked off the light to, followed, tracked, pursued, trailed, tailed, dogged, stalked, tagged, hounded, traced, chased, hunted, surveilled, coursed … more
  3. Examples:
      4. “It is quite a hard thing to force myself out of the reticence and sometime shyness that has shadowed me all this time.”
      “Padlin doubted his eyes were visible, shadowed from the overhead gaslights by the brim of his beaver hat.”
      “Julian stayed in the shadowed alley for half an hour, until finally the goblins began remounting their dogs and riding off.”
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