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English to English noun
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shade within clear boundaries |  | source: wordnet30
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an unilluminated area | | Example: he moved off into the darkness
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something existing in perception only | | Example: a ghostly apparition at midnight
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a premonition of something adverse | | Example: a shadow over his happiness
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an indication that something has been present | | Example: there wasn't a trace of evidence for the claim
a tincture of condescension
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refuge from danger or observation | | Example: he felt secure in his father's shadow
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a dominating and pervasive presence | | Example: he received little recognition working in the shadow of his father
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a spy employed to follow someone and report their movements | | source: wordnet30
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an inseparable companion | | Example: the poor child was his mother's shadow
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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. | | source: webster1913 verb
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follow, usually without the person's knowledge | | Example: The police are shadowing her
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cast a shadow over | | source: wordnet30
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make appear small by comparison | | Example: This year's debt dwarfs that of last year
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To cut off light from; to put in shade; to shade; to throw a shadow upon; to overspead with obscurity. | | source: webster1913
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