Shadow — Defs

01 n. Shade within defined limits; obscurity or deprivation of light, apparent on a surface, and representing the form of the body which intercep…

1.
Shade within defined limits; obscurity or deprivation of light, apparent on a surface, and representing the form of the body which intercepts the rays of light; as, the shadow of a man, of a tree, or of a tower. See the Note under Shade, n., 1. See: Shade
2.
Darkness; shade; obscurity.
“Night's sable shadows from the ocean rise.” — Denham.
3.
A shaded place; shelter; protection; security.
“In secret shadow from the sunny ray, On a sweet bed of lilies softly laid.” — Spenser.
4.
A reflected image, as in a mirror or in water.
5.
That which follows or attends a person or thing like a shadow; an inseparable companion; hence, an obsequious follower.
“Sin and her shadow Death.” — Milton.
6.
A spirit; a ghost; a shade; a phantom.
7.
An imperfect and faint representation; adumbration; indistinct image; dim bodying forth; hence, mystical representation; type.
“The law having a shadow of good things to come.” — Heb. x. 1.

“[Types] and shadows of that destined seed.” — Milton.
8.
A small degree; a shade.
9.
An uninvited guest coming with one who is invited.[A Latinism]
“I must not have my board pastered with shadows That under other men's protection break in Without invitement.” — Massinger.

Phrases & compounds

Shadow of death — darkness or gloom like that caused by the presence or the impending of death.

02 v. t. To cut off light from; to put in shade; to shade; to throw a shadow upon; to overspead with obscurity.

imp. & p. p. Shadowed; p. pr. & vb. n. Shadowing

1.
To cut off light from; to put in shade; to shade; to throw a shadow upon; to overspead with obscurity.
“The warlike elf much wondered at this tree, So fair and great, that shadowed all the ground.” — Spenser.
2.
To conceal; to hide; to screen.[R.]
“Let every soldier hew him down a bough. And bear't before him; thereby shall we shadow The numbers of our host.” — Shak.
3.
To protect; to shelter from danger; to shroud.
“Shadowing their right under your wings of war.” — Shak.
4.
To mark with gradations of light or color; to shade.
5.
To represent faintly or imperfectly; to adumbrate; hence, to represent typically.
“Augustus is shadowed in the person of Æneas.” — Dryden.
6.
To cloud; to darken; to cast a gloom over.
“The shadowed livery of the burnished sun.” — Shak.

“Why sad? I must not see the face O love thus shadowed.” — Beau. & Fl.
7.
To attend as closely as a shadow; to follow and watch closely, especially in a secret or unobserved manner; as, a detective shadows a criminal.