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shadow

noun
  1. Comparative darkness that results from the blocking of light rays: penumbra, shade, umbra, umbrage. See light
  2. A supernatural being, such as a ghost: apparition, bogey, bogeyman, bogle, eidolon, ghost, phantasm, phantasma, phantom, revenant, shade, specter, spirit, visitant, wraith. Informal: spook. Regional: haunt. See beings, supernatural
  3. An agent assigned to observe and report on another: watcher. Informal: tail. See investigate
  4. A slight amount or indication: breath, dash, ghost, hair, hint, intimation, semblance, shade, soupçon, streak, suggestion, suspicion, taste, tinge, touch, trace, whiff, whisper. Informal: whisker. See big, show
verb
  1. To shelter, especially from light: screen, shade. See protection
  2. To make dim or indistinct: becloud, bedim, befog, blear, blur, cloud, dim, dull, eclipse, fog, gloom, mist, obfuscate, obscure, overcast, overshadow. See clear
  3. To make dark or darker: adumbrate, darken, shade. See light
  4. To keep (another) under surveillance by moving along behind: dog, follow, track, trail. Informal: bird-dog, tail. See precede

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