From WordNet (r) 2.0 (August 2003) [wn]:
shadow
n 1: shade within clear boundaries
2: an unilluminated area; "he moved off into the darkness"
[syn: darkness, dark]
3: something existing in perception only; "a ghostly apparition
at midnight" [syn: apparition, phantom, phantasm,
phantasma]
4: a premonition of something adverse; "a shadow over his
happiness"
5: an indication that something has been present; "there wasn't
a trace of evidence for the claim"; "a tincture of
condescension" [syn: trace, vestige, tincture]
6: refuge from danger or observation; "he felt secure in his
father's shadow"
7: a dominating and pervasive presence; "he received little
recognition working in the shadow of his father"
8: a spy employed to follow someone and report their movements
[syn: tail, shadower]
9: an inseparable companion; "the poor child was his mother's
shadow"
v 1: follow, usually without the person's knowledge; "The police
are shadowing her"
2: cast a shadow over [syn: shade, shade off]
3: make appear small by comparison; "This year's debt dwarves
that of last year" [syn: overshadow, dwarf]
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
Shadow \Shad"ow\ (sh[a^]d"[-o]), n. [Originally the same word as
shade. [root]162. See Shade.]
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.
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2. Darkness; shade; obscurity.
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Night's sable shadows from the ocean rise. --Denham.
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3. A shaded place; shelter; protection; security.
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In secret shadow from the sunny ray,
On a sweet bed of lilies softly laid. --Spenser.
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4. A reflected image, as in a mirror or in water. --Shak.
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5. That which follows or attends a person or thing like a
shadow; an inseparable companion; hence, an obsequious
follower.
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Sin and her shadow Death. --Milton.
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6. A spirit; a ghost; a shade; a phantom. "Hence, horrible
shadow!" --Shak.
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7. An imperfect and faint representation; adumbration;
indistinct image; dim bodying forth; hence, mystical
representation; type.
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The law having a shadow of good things to come.
--Heb. x. 1.
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[Types] and shadows of that destined seed. --Milton.
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8. A small degree; a shade. "No variableness, neither shadow
of turning." --James i. 17.
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9. An uninvited guest coming with one who is invited. [A
Latinism] --Nares.
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I must not have my board pastered with shadows
That under other men's protection break in
Without invitement. --Massinger.
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Shadow of death, darkness or gloom like that caused by the
presence or the impending of death. --Ps. xxiii. 4.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
Shadow \Shad"ow\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Shadowed; p. pr. & vb.
n. Shadowing.] [OE. shadowen, AS. sceadwian. See adow,
n.]
1. To cut off light from; to put in shade; to shade; to throw
a shadow upon; to overspead with obscurity.
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The warlike elf much wondered at this tree,
So fair and great, that shadowed all the ground.
--Spenser.
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2. To conceal; to hide; to screen. [R.]
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Let every soldier hew him down a bough.
And bear't before him; thereby shall we shadow
The numbers of our host. --Shak.
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3. To protect; to shelter from danger; to shroud.
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Shadowing their right under your wings of war.
--Shak.
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4. To mark with gradations of light or color; to shade.
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5. To represent faintly or imperfectly; to adumbrate; hence,
to represent typically.
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Augustus is shadowed in the person of [AE]neas.
--Dryden.
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6. To cloud; to darken; to cast a gloom over.
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The shadowed livery of the burnished sun. --Shak.
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Why sad?
I must not see the face O love thus shadowed.
--Beau. & Fl.
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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.
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From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (19 Sep 2003) [foldoc]:
SHADOW
<language> A syntax-directed compiler written by Barnett
and Futrelle in 1962. It was the predecessor to SNOBOL(?)
[Sammet 1969, p. 448, 605].
(1995-01-16)