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shadow

/ shadow /
noun/verb

Definitions & Examples

noun Sense 1
"he felt secure in his father''s shadow"
verb Sense 2
"This year''s debt dwarves that of last year"
Derived:
dwarf midget nanus
Usage Patterns:
Somebody ----s somebody PP
verb Sense 3
"The police are shadowing her"
Type of:
follow
Usage Patterns:
Somebody ----s somebody into V-ing something
Somebody ----s something with something
Somebody ----s on something
Somebody ----s somebody PP
noun Sense 4
Kinds of:
umbra penumbra
Derived:
shade shade off
noun Sense 5
"he received little recognition working in the shadow of his father"
Type of:
presence
Derived:
overshadow dwarf
verb Sense 6
Usage Patterns:
Somebody ----s something with something
Somebody ----s on something
Somebody ----s somebody PP
noun Sense 7
"the poor child was his mother''s shadow"
Type of:
follower
noun Sense 8
"a shadow over his happiness"
noun Sense 9
Type of:
follower spy
noun Sense 10
"he moved off into the darkness"
Type of:
scene
Derived:
shade shade off
noun Sense 11
"there wasn''t a trace of evidence for the claim"
"a tincture of condescension"
Type of:
indication indicant
Kinds of:
footprint
noun Sense 12
"a ghostly apparition at midnight"
Type of:
illusion semblance
Semantic Complexity
90%
Sense Count
12
Total Synonyms
0
Total Relationships
56
Times Searched
24
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