shadow

shadow is a 6-letter English word with 28 senses as noun and verb in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: 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. Face value is 13 in Scrabble and 12 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.

6 letters · Scrabble 13 · Words With Friends 12 · 28 senses

Definitions

1. noun. 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.
2. noun. Darkness; shade; obscurity.
3. noun. A shaded place; shelter; protection; security.
4. noun. A reflected image, as in a mirror or in water.
5. noun. That which follows or attends a person or thing like a shadow; an inseparable companion; hence, an obsequious follower.
6. noun. A spirit; a ghost; a shade; a phantom.
7. noun. An imperfect and faint representation; adumbration; indistinct image; dim bodying forth; hence, mystical representation; type.
8. noun. A small degree; a shade.
9. noun. An uninvited guest coming with one who is invited.
10. noun. To cut off light from; to put in shade; to shade; to throw a shadow upon; to overspead with obscurity.
11. noun. To conceal; to hide; to screen.
12. noun. To protect; to shelter from danger; to shroud.
13. noun. To mark with gradations of light or color; to shade.
14. noun. To represent faintly or imperfectly; to adumbrate; hence, to represent typically.
15. noun. To cloud; to darken; to cast a gloom over.
16. noun. 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.
17. noun. refuge from danger or observation

    "he felt secure in his father's shadow"

18. noun. something existing in perception only

    "a ghostly apparition at midnight"

    Synonyms: apparition, fantasm, phantasm, phantasma, phantom

19. noun. an indication that something has been present

    "there wasn't a trace of evidence for the claim"

    "a tincture of condescension"

    Synonyms: tincture, trace, vestige

20. noun. a premonition of something adverse

    "a shadow over his happiness"

21. noun. an unilluminated area

    "he moved off into the darkness"

    Synonyms: dark, darkness

22. noun. an inseparable companion

    "the poor child was his mother's shadow"

23. noun. a spy employed to follow someone and report their movements

    Synonyms: shadower, tail

24. noun. a dominating and pervasive presence

    "he received little recognition working in the shadow of his father"

25. noun. shade within clear boundaries
26. verb. follow, usually without the person's knowledge

    "The police are shadowing her"

27. verb. make appear small by comparison

    "This year's debt dwarfs that of last year"

    Synonyms: dwarf, overshadow

28. verb. cast a shadow over

    Synonyms: shade

Synonyms

apparition, fantasm, phantasm, phantasma, phantom, tincture, trace, vestige, dark, darkness, shadower, tail, dwarf, overshadow, shade

Common word forms

shadows, shadowed, shadower, shadowly, shadowing, shadowable, shadowless

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