shadow

About 18.05 uses per million words.

Meaning

1. noun A dark image projected onto a surface where light (or other radiation) is blocked by the shade of an object.

   My shadow lengthened as the sun began to set.

2. noun Relative darkness, especially as caused by the interruption of light; gloom; obscurity.

   I immediately jumped into shadow as I saw them approach.

3. noun An area protected by an obstacle (likened to an object blocking out sunlight).

   The mountains block the passage of rain-producing weather systems and cast a "shadow" of dryness behind them.

4. noun A reflected image, as in a mirror or in water.
5. noun That which looms as though a shadow.

   I lived in her shadow my whole life.

6. noun A small degree; a shade.

   He did not give even a shadow of respect to the professor.

7. noun An imperfect and faint representation.

   He came back from war the shadow of a man.

8. noun A trainee, assigned to work with an experienced officer.

Similar words

trace apparition phantom vestige overshadow dwarf shade dark darkness tail

Often followed by

of and on over in is that to prices

Word family

shadowed shadower shadowers shadowing shadowless shadowlike shadows