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shadow

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shade within clear boundaries(noun.state)

source: wordnet30
an unilluminated area(noun.location)

Synonym:
dark, darkness

source: wordnet30
something existing in perception only(noun.cognition)

Synonym:
apparition, fantasm, phantasm, phantasma, phantom

source: wordnet30
a premonition of something adverse(noun.feeling)

Example:
A shadow over his happiness.

source: wordnet30
an indication that something has been present(noun.communication)

Synonym:
tincture, trace, vestige

source: wordnet30
refuge from danger or observation(noun.attribute)

Example:
He felt secure in his father's shadow.

source: wordnet30
a dominating and pervasive presence(noun.state)

Example:
He received little recognition working in the shadow of his father.

source: wordnet30
a spy employed to follow someone and report their movements(noun.person)

Synonym:
shadower, tail

source: wordnet30
an inseparable companion(noun.person)

Example:
The poor child was his mother's shadow.

source: wordnet30
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.(noun)

source: webster1913

follow, usually without the person's knowledge(verb.motion)

Example:
The police are shadowing her.

source: wordnet30
cast a shadow over(verb.weather)

Synonym:
shade, shade off

source: wordnet30
make appear small by comparison(verb.stative)

Synonym:
dwarf, overshadow

source: wordnet30
To cut off light from; to put in shade; to shade; to throw a shadow upon; to overspead with obscurity.(verb)

source: webster1913

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