shadow
1. shade within clear boundaries (Freq. 17)
• Derivationally related forms:
shadowy
• Hypernyms:
shade, shadiness, shadowiness
• Hyponyms:
umbra, penumbra
2. an unilluminated area (Freq. 8)
- he moved off into the darkness
• Syn:
darkness, dark
• Derivationally related forms:
dark (for: dark), dark (for: darkness)
• Hypernyms:
scene
3. something existing in perception only (Freq. 3)
- a ghostly apparition at midnight
• Syn:
apparition, phantom, phantasm, phantasma, fantasm
• Derivationally related forms:
shadowy, phantasmal (for: phantasma)
• Hypernyms:
illusion, semblance
• Hyponyms:
unidentified flying object, UFO, flying saucer, Flying Dutchman, ghost,
shade, spook, wraith, specter, spectre
4. a premonition of something adverse (Freq. 1)
- a shadow over his happiness
• Hypernyms:
foreboding, premonition, presentiment, boding
5. an indication that something has been present (Freq. 1)
- there wasn't a trace of evidence for the claim
- a tincture of condescension
• Syn:
trace, vestige, tincture
• Hypernyms:
indication, indicant
• Hyponyms:
footprint
6. refuge from danger or observation (Freq. 1)
- he felt secure in his father's shadow
• Hypernyms:
recourse, refuge, resort
7. a dominating and pervasive presence
- he received little recognition working in the shadow of his father
• Hypernyms:
presence
8. a spy employed to follow someone and report their movements
• Syn:
tail, shadower
• Derivationally related forms:
shadow (for: shadower), tail (for: tail)
• Hypernyms:
follower, spy
9. an inseparable companion
- the poor child was his mother's shadow
• Hypernyms:
follower
1. follow, usually without the person's knowledge (Freq. 3)
- The police are shadowing her
• Derivationally related forms:
shadower, shadowing
• Hypernyms:
follow
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s something
- Somebody ----s somebody
- Something ----s somebody
- Something ----s something
- Sam cannot shadow Sue
2. cast a shadow over
• Syn:
shade, shade off
• Derivationally related forms:
shade (for: shade)
• Hypernyms:
darken
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s somebody
- Something ----s somebody
- Something ----s something
3. make appear small by comparison
- This year's debt dwarfs that of last year
• Syn:
overshadow, dwarf
• Derivationally related forms:
dwarf (for: dwarf)
• Hypernyms:
dominate, command, overlook, overtop
• Verb Frames:
- Something ----s something
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