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unshadow

unshadow verb: to free from shadow; to allow to become illuminated.

Verb

unshadow (third-person singular simple present unshadows, present participle unshadowing, simple past and past participle unshadowed)

  1. (transitive) To free from shadow; to allow to become illuminated.
  2. (transitive) To combine (a password file) with its corresponding "shadow file" in order to facilitate cracking of the passwords.

Forms of unshadow

third-person singular presentunshadows
present participleunshadowing
past participleunshadowed
pastunshadowed

Origin of unshadow

From un- + shadow.

Questions about unshadow

What does unshadow mean?
Unshadow means to free from shadow; to allow to become illuminated.
What part of speech is unshadow?
Unshadow is a verb.
What is the past tense of unshadow?
The past tense of unshadow is unshadowed.

Words near unshadow in the dictionary

  1. unshacklings
  2. unshade
  3. unshaded
  4. unshades
  5. unshading
  6. unshadow
  7. unshadowable
  8. unshadowban
  9. unshadowbanned
  10. unshadowbanning
  11. unshadowbans

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