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  • Definition
    • shadow :follow, usually without the person's knowledge
      • The police are shadowing her

    • shadow :an unilluminated area
      • he moved off into the darkness

    • shadow :something existing in perception only
      • a ghostly apparition at midnight

    • shadow :make appear small by comparison
      • This year's debt dwarfs that of last year

    • shadow :a premonition of something adverse
      • a shadow over his happiness

    • shadow :an indication that something has been present
      • there wasn't a trace of evidence for the claim|a tincture of condescension

    • shadow :refuge from danger or observation
      • he felt secure in his father's shadow

    • shadow :a dominating and pervasive presence
      • he received little recognition working in the shadow of his father

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