Past tense of shadow
regular verb
The past tense of shadow is shadowed. The past participle is also shadowed.
Forms of shadow
| Base form (V1) | shadow /ˈʃædəʊ̯/ |
|---|---|
| Past tense (V2) | shadowed |
| Past participle (V3) | shadowed |
| Present participle | shadowing /ˈʃædəʊɪŋ/ |
| Third person singular | shadows /ˈʃædoʊz/ |
Shadowed in a sentence
- A dark place, a shadowed place, only a blot against the eternally nightened skies.2014, Harlan Ellison, Paingod. From the entry nighten
- The brightness from abovedeck made the shadowed interior all the darker.2004, Kurt R. A. Giambastiani, From the Heart of the Storm, page 276. From the entry abovedeck
- And now not once evoked, lies Effort dead Before the frightings of a shadowed dread?1907, Edwin Exon, Poems, page 51. From the entry frighting
- Fred's eyes have creases round them and his face looks thinner, shadowed by a chinful of stubble, but he's undeniably good-looking.2013, Emlyn Rees, Josie Lloyd, The Boy Next Door, →ISBN, page 44. From the entry chinful
- His shadowed eyes prowled the young dancers.2011, Wyatt Underwood, Poems for Harley Riders and Other Transcendentals, page 45. From the entry psht
Meaning of shadow
- noun A dark image projected onto a surface where light (or other radiation) is blocked by the shade of an object.
- noun Relative darkness, especially as caused by the interruption of light; gloom; obscurity.
- noun An area protected by an obstacle (likened to an object blocking out sunlight).
Questions about the past tense of shadow
- What is the past tense of shadow?
- The past tense of shadow is shadowed.
- What is the past participle of shadow?
- The past participle of shadow is shadowed.
- Is shadow a regular or irregular verb?
- Shadow is a regular verb: its past tense adds -ed.
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: shadow (page history and authors) and the entries of its forms. Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws left out forms marked obsolete, archaic, rare or dialectal and added the examples. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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