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shadow

English

  1. 🔊 refuge from danger or observation
    “he felt secure in his father's shadow”
  2. 🔊 a premonition of something adverse
    “a shadow over his happiness”
  3. 🔊 an inseparable companion
    “the poor child was his mother's shadow”
  4. 🔊 a dominating and pervasive presence
    “he received little recognition working in the shadow of his father”
  5. 🔊 shade within clear boundaries
  6. 🔊 a spy employed to follow someone and report their movements
  7. 🔊 an unilluminated area
    “he moved off into the darkness”
  8. 🔊 an indication that something has been present
    “there wasn't a trace of evidence for the claim”
  9. 🔊 something existing in perception only
    “a ghostly apparition at midnight”
  10. 🔊 follow, usually without the person's knowledge
    “The police are shadowing her”
  11. 🔊 make appear small by comparison
    “This year's debt dwarfs that of last year”
  12. 🔊 cast a shadow over

Spanish

  1. 🔊 esbatimento shadow
  2. 🔊 tiniebla shadow
  3. 🔊 penumbra shadow, shade

Similar words

apparition phantom phantasm phantasma fantasm trace vestige tincture darkness dark tail shadower overshadow dwarf shade shade off masan adherent adumbrate adumbration afterglow afterimage air airy nothing