shadow
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- (countable) A shadow is the dark area that is made when something blocks light, and that is shaped like the thing blocking the light.
- I saw your shadow against the wall.
- The shadows got long as the sun set.
- (uncountable) The darkness that is in a shadow.
- The room filled with shadow as the night came.
Verb[change]
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- (transitive) If you shadow someone you follow them closely without their knowing it.
- Synonym: follow
- The detective shadowed the thief.
- (transitive & intransitive) If something is being shadowed it is being covered in shadow or made dark.
- Synonym: shade
- The curtains shadowed the room.