shadow - Meaning in Kannada

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shadow - Meaning in Kannada

shadow Word Forms & Inflections

Definitions and Meaning of shadow in English

shadow noun

1. refuge from danger or observation

   Example

   • "he felt secure in his father's shadow"
2. something existing in perception only

   Synonyms

   apparition, fantasm, phantasm, phantasma, phantom

   Example

   • "a ghostly apparition at midnight"
3. an indication that something has been present

   Synonyms

   tincture, trace, trace, vestige

   Examples

   • "a tincture of condescension"
   • "there wasn't a trace of evidence for the claim"
4. a premonition of something adverse

   Example

   • "a shadow over his happiness"
5. an unilluminated area

   Synonyms

   dark, darkness

   Example

   • "he moved off into the darkness"
6. an inseparable companion

   Example

   • "the poor child was his mother's shadow"
7. a spy employed to follow someone and report their movements

   Synonyms

   shadower, tail

8. a dominating and pervasive presence

   Example

   • "he received little recognition working in the shadow of his father"
9. shade within clear boundaries

shadow verb

1. follow, usually without the person's knowledge

   Example

   • "The police are shadowing her"
2. make appear small by comparison

   Synonyms

   dwarf, overshadow

   Example

   • "This year's debt dwarfs that of last year"
3. cast a shadow over

   Synonyms

   shade off, shade

Synonyms of shadow

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

Description

A shadow is a dark area where light from a light source is blocked by an object. It occupies all of the three-dimensional volume behind an object with light in front of it. The cross section of a shadow is a two-dimensional silhouette, or a reverse projection of the object blocking the light.

Also see "Shadow" on Wikipedia

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