shadows

Noun

shadow (countable and uncountable, plural shadows)

1. A dark image projected onto a surface where light (or other radiation) is blocked by the shade of an object.
   • My shadow lengthened as the sun began to set.
2. Relative darkness, especially as caused by the interruption of light; gloom; obscurity.
   • I immediately jumped into shadow as I saw them approach.
3. An area protected by an obstacle (likened to an object blocking out sunlight).
   • The mountains block the passage of rain-producing weather systems and cast a "shadow" of dryness behind them.
4. (obsolete, poetic) A reflected image, as in a mirror or in water.
   • Some there be that ſhadowes kiſſe, / Such haue but a ſhadowes bliſſe.c. 1596–1598 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Merchant of Venice”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward]...
5. (figuratively) That which looms as though a shadow.
   • Yea, though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil: for thou art with me; thy rod and thy staff they comfort me.1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, Psalm 23:1–6 23:1–6-Chapter-/#
6. A small degree; a shade.
   • He did not give even a shadow of respect to the professor.

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