shadow.html - See: AFRAID OF ONE'S SHADOW, EYE SHADOW.

shadow.html - n. & v.
--n.

1 shade or a patch of shade.
2 a dark figure projected by a body intercepting rays of light, often regarded as an appendage.
3 an inseparable attendant or companion.
4 a person secretly following another.
5 the slightest trace (not the shadow of a doubt).
6 a weak or insubstantial remnant or thing (a shadow of his former self).
7 (attrib.) Brit. denoting members of a political party in opposition holding responsibilities parallel to those of the government (shadow Home Secretary; shadow cabinet).
8 the shaded part of a picture.
9 a substance used to colour the eyelids.
10 gloom or sadness.

--v.

tr.
1 cast a shadow over.
2 secretly follow and watch the movements of.

shadow-boxing boxing against an imaginary opponent as a form of training.

shadower n. shadowless adj. [repr. OE scead(u)we, oblique case of sceadu SHADE]

shadow.html - n.
1 an image or photograph made by means of X-rays; = RADIOGRAM 2.
2 a picture formed by a shadow cast on a lighted surface.
3 an image formed by light refracted differently by different densities of a fluid.

shadow.html - adj.
1 like or having a shadow.
2 full of shadows.
3 vague, indistinct.

shadowiness n.

shadow.html - See: AFRAID OF ONE'S SHADOW, EYE SHADOW.

shadow.html - n.
a pole with a bucket and counterpoise used esp. in Egypt for raising water. [Egypt. Arab. saduf]