Shadow
Shadow (shad"o) , noun
[Originally the same word as shade. r162. See Shade.]
1.
Shade within defined limits; obscurity or deprivation of light, apparent on a surface, and representing the form of the body which intercepts the rays of light; as, the shadow of a man, of a tree, or of a tower. See the Note under Shade, n., 1.
2.
Darkness; shade; obscurity.
Night's sable shadows from the ocean rise.
3.
A shaded place; shelter; protection; security.
In secret shadow from the sunny ray,
On a sweet bed of lilies softly laid.
4.
A reflected image, as in a mirror or in water. — Shakespeare
5.
That which follows or attends a person or thing like a shadow; an inseparable companion; hence, an obsequious follower.
Sin and her shadow Death.
6.
A spirit; a ghost; a shade; a phantom.
Hence, horrible shadow!
7.
An imperfect and faint representation; adumbration; indistinct image; dim bodying forth; hence, mystical representation; type.
The law having a shadow of good things to come.
[Types] and shadows of that destined seed.
8.
A small degree; a shade.
No variableness, neither shadow of turning.
9.
An uninvited guest coming with one who is invited. [A Latinism] — Nares
I must not have my board pastered with shadows
That under other men's protection break in
Without invitement.
Collocations (1)
Shadow of death , darkness or gloom like that caused by the presence or the impending of death. — Bible (KJV) - Psalm xxiii. 4
Shadow , transitive verb
[Old English shadowen, Anglo-Saxon sceadwian. See adow, n.]
1.
To cut off light from; to put in shade; to shade; to throw a shadow upon; to overspead with obscurity.
The warlike elf much wondered at this tree,
So fair and great, that shadowed all the ground.
2.
To conceal; to hide; to screen. [Rare]
Let every soldier hew him down a bough.
And bear't before him; thereby shall we shadow
The numbers of our host.
3.
To protect; to shelter from danger; to shroud.
Shadowing their right under your wings of war.
4.
To mark with gradations of light or color; to shade.
5.
To represent faintly or imperfectly; to adumbrate; hence, to represent typically.
Augustus is shadowed in the person of Aneas.
6.
To cloud; to darken; to cast a gloom over.
The shadowed livery of the burnished sun.
Why sad?
I must not see the face O love thus shadowed.
7.
To attend as closely as a shadow; to follow and watch closely, especially in a secret or unobserved manner; as, a detective shadows a criminal.