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Shadow   /ʃˈædˌoʊ/   Listen
Shadow

noun
1.
Shade within clear boundaries.
2.
An unilluminated area.  Synonyms: dark, darkness.
3.
Something existing in perception only.  Synonyms: apparition, fantasm, phantasm, phantasma, phantom.
4.
A premonition of something adverse.
5.
An indication that something has been present.  Synonyms: tincture, trace, vestige.  "A tincture of condescension"
6.
Refuge from danger or observation.
7.
A dominating and pervasive presence.
8.
A spy employed to follow someone and report their movements.  Synonyms: shadower, tail.
9.
An inseparable companion.
verb
(past & past part. shadowed; pres. part. shadowing)
1.
Follow, usually without the person's knowledge.
2.
Cast a shadow over.  Synonyms: shade, shade off.
3.
Make appear small by comparison.  Synonyms: dwarf, overshadow.



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"Shadow" Quotes from Famous Books



... made a public address, and expressed his "abounding gratitude for the ability and fidelity" which Mr. Webster had "brought to the defence of the Constitution and of the Union," and commended him as "eminently vigilant, wise, and faithful to his country, without a shadow of turning." ...
— The Trial of Theodore Parker • Theodore Parker
... precepts of the Christian faith are wise and good. I have never meddled in religious discussions; I have always formed my own opinion to the best of my judgment and belief; and if in any of those opinions I have erred, I have not the least shadow of doubt upon my mind that a wise, just and beneficent Creator and father of all, will pardon my errors. I do not feel the least disposed now to investigate, or puzzle myself, in my last moments, in a vain endeavour to enquire whether I have been right or wrong; the Lord's will be ...
— Memoirs of Henry Hunt, Esq. Volume 1 • Henry Hunt
... Baxter must have observed something of the look of helpless astonishment which transfixed my features. I certainly saw the shadow of a smile lurking in his ...
— Cape Cod Folks • Sarah P. McLean Greene
... her, twisted her nature a little, given a fountain of bitterness to her soul, which welled up and flooded her life sometimes. It had given her face no sourness, but it put a shadow into her eyes. ...
— Northern Lights • Gilbert Parker
... cradle of every nation, and philosophy at its grave; it is at least true that the cradle of philosophy is the open grave of religion. Wherever there is argumentation, there is sure to be scepticism. When people begin to reason, a shadow has already fallen across faith, though the reasoners might have shrunk with horror from knowledge of the goal of their work, and though centuries may elapse before the shadow deepens into eclipse. But the church was strong and alert in the times when free thought vainly tried ...
— Rousseau - Volumes I. and II. • John Morley


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