Dictionary Entry
overshadow
overshadow is a 10-letter English word with 5 senses as transitive verb and verb in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: To throw a shadow, or shade, over; to darken; to obscure. Face value is 20 in Scrabble and 20 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.
10 letters · Scrabble 20 · Words With Friends 20 · 5 senses
Definitions
- 1transitive verb
To throw a shadow, or shade, over; to darken; to obscure.
- 2transitive verb
Fig.: To cover with a superior influence.
- 3verb
cast a shadow upon
"The tall tree overshadowed the house"
- 4verb
make appear small by comparison
"This year's debt dwarfs that of last year"
- 5verb
be greater in significance than
"the tragedy overshadowed the couple's happiness"
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