Standard Lemma guide

shadow

adj · name · noun · verb · 40 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

Sound

Pronunciation

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  • Received-Pronunciation: /ˈʃædəʊ̯/
  • Received-Pronunciation: [ˈʃhædəʊ̯]
  • Received-Pronunciation: /ˈʃædɵʊ̯/
  • Received-Pronunciation: [ˈʃhædɵ̞ʊ̯]
  • /ˈʃædoʊ̯/ without t-flapping
  • [ˈʃhædoʊ̯] without t-flapping
  • /ˈʃædɔʊ̯/ without t-flapping
  • [ˈʃhædɔʊ̯] without t-flapping
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  • /ˈʃæɾoʊ̯/ t-flapping
  • [ˈʃhæɾoʊ̯] t-flapping
  • /ˈʃæɾɔʊ̯/ t-flapping
  • [ˈʃhæɾɔʊ̯] t-flapping
  • /ˈʃædəʉ̯/ without t-flapping
  • [ˈʃhædəʉ̯] without t-flapping
  • /ˈʃædɐʉ̯/ without t-flapping
  • [ˈʃædɐ̝ʉ̯] without t-flapping
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  • /ˈʃæɾəʉ̯/ t-flapping
  • [ˈʃhæɾəʉ̯] t-flapping
  • /ˈʃæɾɐʉ̯/ t-flapping
  • [ˈʃæɾɐ̝ʉ̯] t-flapping
  • /ˈʃɛdɘ̞ʉ̯/ without t-flapping
  • [ˈʃhɛdɘ̞ʉ̯] without t-flapping
  • /ˈʃɛdɐʉ̯/ without t-flapping
  • [ˈʃhɛdɐ̝ʉ̯] without t-flapping
  • /ˈʃɛɾɘ̞ʉ̯/ without t-flapping
  • [ˈʃhɛɾɘ̞ʉ̯] without t-flapping
  • /ˈʃɛɾɐʉ̯/ without t-flapping
  • [ˈʃhɛɾɐ̝ʉ̯] without t-flapping
  • rhymes with -ædəʊ
  • CMU ARPABET: SH AE1 D OW2 Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

adj

Meaning 1

Unofficial, informal, unauthorized, but acting as though it were.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Examples

  • The human resources department has a shadow information technology group without headquarters knowledge.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

adj

Meaning 2

Having power or influence, but not widely known or recognized.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Examples

  • The director has been giving shadow leadership to the other group's project to ensure its success.
  • The illuminati shadow group has been pulling strings from behind the scenes.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

3

adj

Meaning 3

Part of, or related to, the opposition in government.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: Commonwealth

Topics: government, politics

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

4

adj

Meaning 4

Acting in a leadership role before being formally recognized.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: US

Topics: government, politics

Examples

  • The shadow cabinet cannot agree on the terms of the agreement due immediately after they are sworn in.
  • The insurgents’ shadow government is being crippled by the federal military strikes.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

5

name

Meaning 5

A surname.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

6

noun

Meaning 6

A dark image projected onto a surface where light (or other radiation) is blocked by the shade of an object.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

Examples

  • My shadow lengthened as the sun began to set.
  • The X-ray showed a shadow on his lung.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

7

noun

Meaning 7

Relative darkness, especially as caused by the interruption of light; gloom; obscurity.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

Examples

  • I immediately jumped into shadow as I saw them approach.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

8

noun

Meaning 8

An area protected by an obstacle (likened to an object blocking out sunlight).

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

Examples

  • The mountains block the passage of rain-producing weather systems and cast a "shadow" of dryness behind them.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

9

noun

Meaning 9

A reflected image, as in a mirror or in water.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, obsolete, poetic, uncountable

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

10

noun

Meaning 10

That which looms as though a shadow.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, figuratively, uncountable

Examples

  • I lived in her shadow my whole life.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

11

noun

Meaning 11

A small degree; a shade.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

Examples

  • He did not give even a shadow of respect to the professor.
  • I don't have a shadow of doubt in my mind that my plan will succeed.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

12

noun

Meaning 12

An imperfect and faint representation.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

Examples

  • He came back from war the shadow of a man.
  • The neopagan ritual was only a pale shadow of the ones the Greeks held thousands of years ago.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

13

noun

Meaning 13

A trainee, assigned to work with an experienced officer.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: UK, countable, uncountable

Topics: government, law-enforcement

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

14

noun

Meaning 14

One who secretly or furtively follows another.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

Examples

  • The constable was promoted to working as a shadow for the Royals.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

15

noun

Meaning 15

An inseparable companion.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

16

noun

Meaning 16

A drop shadow effect applied to lettering in word processors etc.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

Topics: media, publishing, typography

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

17

noun

Meaning 17

An influence, especially a pervasive or a negative one.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

18

noun

Meaning 18

A spirit; a ghost; a shade.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

19

noun

Meaning 19

An uninvited guest accompanying one who was invited.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: Latinism, countable, obsolete, uncountable

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: umbra

Antonyms: none provided

20

noun

Meaning 20

An unconscious aspect of the personality.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

Qualifier: Jungian psychology

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

21

verb

Meaning 21

To shade, cloud, or darken.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: transitive

Examples

  • The artist chose to shadow this corner of the painting.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

22

verb

Meaning 22

To block light or radio transmission from.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: transitive

Examples

  • Looks like that cloud's going to shadow us.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

23

verb

Meaning 23

To secretly or discreetly track or follow another, to keep under surveillance.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Qualifier: particularly espionage

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

24

verb

Meaning 24

To represent faintly and imperfectly.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: transitive

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

25

verb

Meaning 25

To hide; to conceal.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: transitive

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

26

verb

Meaning 26

To accompany (a professional) during the working day, so as to learn about an occupation one intends to take up.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: intransitive, transitive

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

27

verb

Meaning 27

To make (an identifier, usually a variable) inaccessible by declaring another of the same name within the scope of the first.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: transitive

Topics: computing, engineering, mathematics, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, programming, sciences

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

28

verb

Meaning 28

To apply the shadowing process to (the contents of ROM).

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: transitive

Topics: computing, engineering, mathematics, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, sciences

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

29

noun

Meaning 29

refuge from danger or observation

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • he felt secure in his father's shadow

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: recourse, refuge, resort

30

noun

Meaning 30

something existing in perception only

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • a ghostly apparition at midnight

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: apparition, phantom, phantasm, phantasma, fantasm

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: illusion, semblance

Narrower terms: unidentified flying object, UFO, flying saucer, Flying Dutchman, ghost, shade, spook, wraith, specter, spectre

31

noun

Meaning 31

an indication that something has been present

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • there wasn't a trace of evidence for the claim
  • a tincture of condescension

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: trace, vestige, tincture

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: indication, indicant

Narrower terms: footprint

32

noun

Meaning 32

a premonition of something adverse

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • a shadow over his happiness

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: foreboding, premonition, presentiment, boding

33

noun

Meaning 33

an unilluminated area

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • he moved off into the darkness

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: darkness, dark

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: scene

34

noun

Meaning 34

an inseparable companion

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • the poor child was his mother's shadow

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: follower

35

noun

Meaning 35

a spy employed to follow someone and report their movements

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: tail, shadower

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: follower, spy

36

noun

Meaning 36

a dominating and pervasive presence

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

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

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: presence

37

noun

Meaning 37

shade within clear boundaries

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: shade, shadiness, shadowiness

Narrower terms: umbra, penumbra

38

verb

Meaning 38

follow, usually without the person's knowledge

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • The police are shadowing her

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: follow

39

verb

Meaning 39

make appear small by comparison

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • This year's debt dwarfs that of last year

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: overshadow, dwarf

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: dominate, command, overlook, overtop

40

verb

Meaning 40

cast a shadow over

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: shade, shade off

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: darken

History

Etymology

From Middle English schadowe, schadewe, schadwe (also schade > shade), from Old English sċeaduwe, sċeadwe, oblique form of sċeadu (“shadow, shade; darkness; protection”), from Proto-West Germanic *skadu, from Proto-Germanic *skaduz (“shade, shadow”), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)ḱeh3- (“darkness”). Doublet of shade. Cognates Cognate with Scots shedda (“shadow”), Saterland Frisian Skaad, Skade (“shade, shadow”), West Frisian skaad, skâd (“shade, shadow”), Central Franconian and Limburgish Schatte (“shadow”), Dutch schade, schaduw (“shadow”), German Schatten (“shade, shadow”), German Low German Scharr, Scharre (“shade, shadow”), Luxembourgish Schiet (“shade, shadow”), Vilamovian siota (“shadow”), Yiddish שאָטן (shotn, “shadow”), Faroese skadda (“thick wet mountain fog”), Icelandic skodda, skoddi (“shadow”), Norwegian Bokmål skodde (“fog, mist”), Norwegian Nynorsk skodde, skåddj, skåidd (“fog; ice fog”), Gothic 𐍃𐌺𐌰𐌳𐌿𐍃 (skadus, “shadow”); also Breton skeud (“shadow; reflection; ghost”), Cornish skeus (“shadow; reflection”), Irish scáth (“shadow”), Manx scaa, skæ (“shield; shade, shadow”), Scottish Gaelic sgàth (“shade, shadow”), Latin obscurus (“dark, dusky, shadowy”), Ancient Greek σκότος (skótos, “darkness, gloom”) (whence English scoto-), Belarusian сівы́ (sivý, “grey”), Czech and Slovak sivý (“grey”), Macedonian осој (osoj, “shady place”), Polish siwy (“grey”), Russian си́вый (sívyj, “grey”), Serbo-Croatian сив, siv (“grey”), Slovene osoja (“shady place”), Ukrainian си́вий (sývyj, “grey”), Armenian սեաւ (seaw), սեւ (sew, “black”), Ossetian сау (saw, “black”), Persian سه (sah), سیه (siyah), سیاه (siyâh, “black”), Sanskrit श्याम (śyāma, “black”), श्याव (śyāva, “dark”).

From Middle English schadowen, from Old English sċeadwian, from sċeadu (“shadow; shade”) + -ian (suffix forming verbs).

Across languages

Translations

459 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Abkhaz: ашәшьыра (aŝwšəra) — dark image projected onto a surface
  • Afrikaans: skaduwee — dark image projected onto a surface
  • Afrikaans: skadu — dark image projected onto a surface
  • Dupaningan Agta: alinunu — dark image projected onto a surface
  • Ahom: 𑜂𑜧 (ṅaw) — dark image projected onto a surface
  • Akkadian: 𒄑𒈪 (ṣillu) — dark image projected onto a surface
  • Albanian: hije — dark image projected onto a surface
  • Albanian: hie — dark image projected onto a surface
  • Southern Altai: кӧлӧҥӧ (kölöŋö) — dark image projected onto a surface
  • Southern Altai: кӧлӧткӧ (kölötkö) — dark image projected onto a surface
  • Southern Altai: кӧлӧтки (kölötki) — dark image projected onto a surface
  • Northern Amami Ōshima: 影 (xage) — dark image projected onto a surface
  • Southern Amami Ōshima: 影 (kage) — dark image projected onto a surface
  • Ambonese Malay: sombar — dark image projected onto a surface
  • Amharic: ጥላ (ṭəla) — dark image projected onto a surface
  • Amis: 'adingo — dark image projected onto a surface
  • Chungli Ao: akhüm — dark image projected onto a surface
  • Arabic: ظِلّ (ẓill) — dark image projected onto a surface
  • Arabic: خَيَال (ḵayāl) — dark image projected onto a surface
  • Arabic: خيال (ḵayāl) — dark image projected onto a surface
  • Arabic: ظِلّ (ḍill, ẓill) — dark image projected onto a surface
  • Arabic: ضل (ḍəll) — dark image projected onto a surface
  • Arabic: خيال (ḵayāl) — dark image projected onto a surface
  • Arabic: ظِلّ (ẓill) — dark image projected onto a surface
  • Aragonese: huembra — dark image projected onto a surface
  • Aragonese: sombra — dark image projected onto a surface
  • Aramaic: ܛܠܠܐ (ṭillālā) — dark image projected onto a surface
  • Aramaic: טללא (ṭillālā) — dark image projected onto a surface
  • Aramaic: טלניתא (ṭellānīṯā) — dark image projected onto a surface
  • Aramaic: ܛܠܠܐ (tellālā) — dark image projected onto a surface
  • Armenian: ստվեր (stver) — dark image projected onto a surface
  • Armenian: շուք (šukʻ) — dark image projected onto a surface
  • Aromanian: aumbrã — dark image projected onto a surface
  • Aromanian: umbrã — dark image projected onto a surface
  • Ashkun: niča — dark image projected onto a surface
  • Asi: hawong — dark image projected onto a surface
  • Assamese: ছাঁ (sã) — dark image projected onto a surface
  • Asturian: solombra — dark image projected onto a surface
  • Asturian: sombra — dark image projected onto a surface
  • Avar: гъаралд (ğarald) — dark image projected onto a surface
  • Azerbaijani: kölgə — dark image projected onto a surface
  • Baluchi: ساہگ (sāyīg) — dark image projected onto a surface
  • Bashkir: күләгә (küləgə) — dark image projected onto a surface
  • Basque: itzal — dark image projected onto a surface
  • Basque: errainu — dark image projected onto a surface
  • Basque: ilunune — dark image projected onto a surface
  • Bassa: zùù — dark image projected onto a surface
  • Belarusian: цень (cjenʹ) — dark image projected onto a surface
  • Bengali: ছায়া (chaẏa) — dark image projected onto a surface
  • Bengali: ছাইড়া (chaiṛa) — dark image projected onto a surface
  • Bengali: শ্যাডো (śêḍō) — dark image projected onto a surface
  • Breton: skeud — dark image projected onto a surface
  • Bulgarian: ся́нка (sjánka) — dark image projected onto a surface
  • Burmese: ဆာယာ (hcaya) — dark image projected onto a surface
  • Burmese: အရိပ် (a.rip) — dark image projected onto a surface
  • Buryat: һүүдэр (hüüder) — dark image projected onto a surface
  • Carpathian Rusyn: тїнь (tjinʹ) — dark image projected onto a surface
  • Catalan: ombra — dark image projected onto a surface
  • Cebuano: aníno — dark image projected onto a surface
  • Central Atlas Tamazight: ⴰⵎⴰⵍⵓ (amalu) — dark image projected onto a surface
  • Chamicuro: s̈ha'me — dark image projected onto a surface
  • Cheke Holo: naun̄o — dark image projected onto a surface
  • Cherokee: ᎤᏓᏴᎳᏛ (udayvladv) — dark image projected onto a surface
  • Chichewa: chithunzithunzi — dark image projected onto a surface
  • Chinese Cantonese: 陰影 /阴影 (jam1 jing2) — dark image projected onto a surface
  • Chinese Cantonese: 影子 (jing2 zi2) — dark image projected onto a surface
  • Chinese: йинзы (yinzɨ) — dark image projected onto a surface
  • Chinese: йинйинзы (yinyinzɨ) — dark image projected onto a surface
  • Chinese: йинйир (yinyir) — dark image projected onto a surface
  • Hakka Chinese: 陰影 /阴影 (yîm-yáng) — dark image projected onto a surface
  • Chinese: 陰影 /阴影 (im-ián) — dark image projected onto a surface
  • Chinese Mandarin: 陰影 /阴影 (yīnyǐng) — dark image projected onto a surface
  • Chinese Mandarin: 影子 (yǐngzi) — dark image projected onto a surface
  • Wu Chinese: 陰影 /阴影 (1in-in) — dark image projected onto a surface
  • East Circassian: жьауэ (źawɛ) — dark image projected onto a surface
  • West Circassian: жьао (źawo) — dark image projected onto a surface
  • Maore Comorian: muvuli — dark image projected onto a surface
  • Ngazidja Comorian: mvuli — dark image projected onto a surface
  • Cornish: skeus — dark image projected onto a surface
  • Crimean Tatar: kölge — dark image projected onto a surface
  • Crimean Tatar: talda — dark image projected onto a surface
  • Czech: stín — dark image projected onto a surface
  • Dakota: isábye — dark image projected onto a surface
  • Danish: skygge — dark image projected onto a surface
  • Dongxiang: xiaojiao — dark image projected onto a surface
  • Dutch: schaduw — dark image projected onto a surface
  • Egyptian: S-w-t-S36 (šwt) — dark image projected onto a surface
  • Esperanto: ombro — dark image projected onto a surface
  • Estonian: vari — dark image projected onto a surface
  • Even: химӈэн (himŋən) — dark image projected onto a surface
  • Even: хинян (hiņan) — dark image projected onto a surface
  • Evenki: симңун — dark image projected onto a surface
  • Evenki: ханян (haņan) — dark image projected onto a surface
  • Farefare: mã'asʋm — dark image projected onto a surface
  • Faroese: skuggi — dark image projected onto a surface
  • Finnish: varjo — dark image projected onto a surface
  • French: ombre — dark image projected onto a surface
  • Saterland Frisian: Skaad — dark image projected onto a surface
  • West-Frisian: skaad — dark image projected onto a surface
  • Friulian: ombre — dark image projected onto a surface
  • Gagauz: gölgä — dark image projected onto a surface
  • Galician: sombra — dark image projected onto a surface
  • Gamilaraay: guramun — dark image projected onto a surface
  • Georgian: ჩრდილი (črdili) — dark image projected onto a surface
  • Georgian: აჩრდილი (ačrdili) — dark image projected onto a surface
  • Georgian: ჩერო (čero) — dark image projected onto a surface
  • German: Schatten — dark image projected onto a surface
  • Gothic: 𐍃𐌺𐌰𐌳𐌿𐍃 (skadus) — dark image projected onto a surface
  • Greek: σκιά (skiá) — dark image projected onto a surface
  • Greek: ίσκιος (ískios) — dark image projected onto a surface
  • Ancient Greek: σκιά (skiá) — dark image projected onto a surface
  • Paraguayan Guarani: kuarahy'ã — dark image projected onto a surface
  • Gujarati: પડછાયો (paḍchāyo) — dark image projected onto a surface
  • Haitian Creole: lonbraj — dark image projected onto a surface
  • Hawaiian: aka — dark image projected onto a surface
  • Hawaiian: huaka — dark image projected onto a surface
  • Hawaiian: ʻūmalu — dark image projected onto a surface
  • Hebrew: צֵל (tzel) — dark image projected onto a surface
  • Hindi: परछाई (parchāī) — dark image projected onto a surface
  • Hindi: छाया (chāyā) — dark image projected onto a surface
  • Hindi: साया (sāyā) — dark image projected onto a surface
  • Hindi: छाँव (chā̃v) — dark image projected onto a surface
  • Hungarian: árny — dark image projected onto a surface
  • Hungarian: árnyék — dark image projected onto a surface
  • Iatmul: ka'ik — dark image projected onto a surface
  • Icelandic: skuggi — dark image projected onto a surface
  • Ido: ombro — dark image projected onto a surface
  • Tuwali Ifugao: a-o — dark image projected onto a surface
  • Ilocano: aniniwan — dark image projected onto a surface
  • Indonesian: bayangan — dark image projected onto a surface
  • Ingrian: kupahain — dark image projected onto a surface
  • Interlingua: umbra — dark image projected onto a surface
  • Inuktitut: ᑕᕐᕋᖅ (tarraq) — dark image projected onto a surface
  • Inupiaq: taġġaq — dark image projected onto a surface
  • Irish: scáth — dark image projected onto a surface
  • Italian: ombra — dark image projected onto a surface
  • Itza': boʼoy — dark image projected onto a surface
  • Japanese: 影 (kage) — dark image projected onto a surface
  • Japanese: 陰影 (in'ei) — dark image projected onto a surface
  • Japanese: 日陰 (hikage) — dark image projected onto a surface
  • Javanese: bayang-bayang — dark image projected onto a surface
  • Old Javanese: wayaṅ — dark image projected onto a surface
  • Lubuagan Kalinga: alliliwan — dark image projected onto a surface
  • Kalmyk: сүүдр (süüdr) — dark image projected onto a surface
  • Kamkata-viri: ćāva — dark image projected onto a surface
  • Kannada: ನೆರಳು (neraḷu) — dark image projected onto a surface
  • Kapampangan: anino — dark image projected onto a surface
  • Karachay-Balkar: салкъын (salqın) — dark image projected onto a surface
  • Kashmiri: ژھاے (ċhāy) — dark image projected onto a surface
  • Kashubian: céniô — dark image projected onto a surface
  • Kavalan: ningu — dark image projected onto a surface
  • Kazakh: көлеңке (köleñke) — dark image projected onto a surface
  • Khakas: кӧлек (kölek) — dark image projected onto a surface
  • Khmer: ស្រមោល (srɑɑmaol) — dark image projected onto a surface
  • Kikai: 影 (hagï) — dark image projected onto a surface
  • Kikuyu: kĩĩruru — dark image projected onto a surface
  • Komi-Zyrian: вуджӧр (vudžör) — dark image projected onto a surface
  • Konkani: साव्ळी (sāvḷī) — dark image projected onto a surface
  • Korean: 그림자 (geurimja) — dark image projected onto a surface
  • Korean: 음영 (eumyeong) — dark image projected onto a surface
  • Kunigami: 影 (hagī) — dark image projected onto a surface
  • Northern Kurdish: sî — dark image projected onto a surface
  • Northern Kurdish: sîber — dark image projected onto a surface
  • Kyrgyz: көлөкө (kölökö) — dark image projected onto a surface
  • Lao: ຮົ່ມເງົາ (hom ngao) — dark image projected onto a surface
  • Lao: ເງົາ (ngao) — dark image projected onto a surface
  • Lao: ຮົ່ມ (hom) — dark image projected onto a surface
  • Lao: ສາຍາ (s) — dark image projected onto a surface
  • Latgalian: susātivs — dark image projected onto a surface
  • Latin: umbra — dark image projected onto a surface
  • Latvian: ēna — dark image projected onto a surface
  • Ligurian: ónbra — dark image projected onto a surface
  • Limburgish: sjeem — dark image projected onto a surface
  • Lingala: elili — dark image projected onto a surface
  • Lithuanian: šešėlis — dark image projected onto a surface
  • Livonian: vōŗ — dark image projected onto a surface
  • Lombard: ombra — dark image projected onto a surface
  • Lombard: ombria — dark image projected onto a surface
  • Lower Tanana: yik — dark image projected onto a surface
  • Low German: Scharre — dark image projected onto a surface
  • Low German: Scharr — dark image projected onto a surface
  • : ᦇᧁ (ngaw) — dark image projected onto a surface
  • Luxembourgish: Schiet — dark image projected onto a surface
  • Macedonian: сенка (senka) — dark image projected onto a surface
  • Magahi: 𑂓𑂰𑂯 (chāh) — dark image projected onto a surface
  • Maguindanao: alung — dark image projected onto a surface
  • Malagasy: àloka — dark image projected onto a surface
  • Malagasy: aloka — dark image projected onto a surface
  • Malay: bayang — dark image projected onto a surface
  • Brunei Malay: bayang-bayang — dark image projected onto a surface
  • Malayalam: നിഴൽ (niḻal) — dark image projected onto a surface
  • Maltese: dell — dark image projected onto a surface
  • Manchu: ᡥᡝᠯᠮᡝᠨ (helmen) — dark image projected onto a surface
  • Dibabawon Manobo: lambung — dark image projected onto a surface
  • Mansaka: anino — dark image projected onto a surface
  • Manx: scaa — dark image projected onto a surface
  • Manx: scadoo — dark image projected onto a surface
  • Māori: atārangi — dark image projected onto a surface
  • Māori: ātārangi — dark image projected onto a surface
  • Māori: ataata — dark image projected onto a surface
  • Māori: kōruru — dark image projected onto a surface
  • Mapudungun: jawfeñ — dark image projected onto a surface
  • Maranao: along — dark image projected onto a surface
  • Marathi: सावली (sāvlī) — dark image projected onto a surface
  • Mauritian Creole: lonbraz — dark image projected onto a surface
  • Mazanderani: ساینه (sâyne) — dark image projected onto a surface
  • Middle English: schadwe — dark image projected onto a surface
  • Mirandese: selombra — dark image projected onto a surface
  • Miyako: 影 (kagi) — dark image projected onto a surface
  • Mizo: hlim — dark image projected onto a surface
  • Mongolian: сүүдэр (süüder) — dark image projected onto a surface
  • Mongolian: харанхуй (xaranxuj) — dark image projected onto a surface
  • Mwani: mviri — dark image projected onto a surface
  • Classical Nahuatl: cēhualli — dark image projected onto a surface
  • Nanai: сингмун (siŋmun) — dark image projected onto a surface
  • Navajo: chahaʼoh — dark image projected onto a surface
  • Navajo: chahashʼoh — dark image projected onto a surface
  • Newar: किचः (kica:) — dark image projected onto a surface
  • Nobiin: nùùr — dark image projected onto a surface
  • Norwegian Bokmål: skygge — dark image projected onto a surface
  • Occitan: ombra — dark image projected onto a surface
  • Odia: ଛାଇ (chāi) — dark image projected onto a surface
  • Southern Ohlone: xeˑwex (Rumsen) — dark image projected onto a surface
  • Southern Ohlone: heˑwe (Mutsun) — dark image projected onto a surface
  • Ojibwe: [script needed] (agawaateshinong) — dark image projected onto a surface
  • Okinawan: 影 — dark image projected onto a surface
  • Okinoerabu: 影 (haga) — dark image projected onto a surface
  • Church Slavic: тѣня (těnja) — dark image projected onto a surface
  • Church Slavic: сѣнь (sěnĭ) — dark image projected onto a surface
  • Old East Slavic: тѣнь (těnĭ) — dark image projected onto a surface
  • Old English: sċeadu — dark image projected onto a surface
  • Old English: sċūa — dark image projected onto a surface
  • Omaha-Ponca: 'ónaze — dark image projected onto a surface
  • Oromo: gaaddisa — dark image projected onto a surface
  • Oroqen: ʃinmun — dark image projected onto a surface
  • Ossetian: аууон (awuon) — dark image projected onto a surface
  • Ossetian: ӕндӕрг (ændærg) — dark image projected onto a surface
  • Pali: chāyā — dark image projected onto a surface
  • Pannonian Rusyn: цинь (cinʹ) — dark image projected onto a surface
  • Pannonian Rusyn: цин (cin) — dark image projected onto a surface
  • Pashto: سايه (sāyá) — dark image projected onto a surface
  • Pennsylvania German: Schadde — dark image projected onto a surface
  • Dari: سَایَه (sāya) — dark image projected onto a surface
  • Iranian Persian: سایِه (sâye) — dark image projected onto a surface
  • Piedmontese: ombra — dark image projected onto a surface
  • Pitjantjatjara: wiltja — dark image projected onto a surface
  • Pitjantjatjara: kaṉku — dark image projected onto a surface
  • Plautdietsch: Schauten — dark image projected onto a surface
  • Polish: cień — dark image projected onto a surface
  • Portuguese: sombra — dark image projected onto a surface
  • Prasuni: vućā — dark image projected onto a surface
  • Punjabi: ਛਾ (chā) — dark image projected onto a surface
  • Punjabi: ਛਾਂ f ਪਰਛਾਂਵਾਂ (chā̃) — dark image projected onto a surface
  • Quechua: llanthu — dark image projected onto a surface
  • Quechua: llantu — dark image projected onto a surface
  • Rohingya: sába — dark image projected onto a surface
  • Romagnol: òra — dark image projected onto a surface
  • Romanian: umbră — dark image projected onto a surface
  • Romansh: sumbriva — dark image projected onto a surface
  • Romansh: umbriva — dark image projected onto a surface
  • Romansh: sumbreiva — dark image projected onto a surface
  • Russian: тень (tenʹ) — dark image projected onto a surface
  • Skolt-Sami: ǩeeuʹniǩ — dark image projected onto a surface
  • Sanskrit: छाया (chāyā́) — dark image projected onto a surface
  • Sardinian: umbara — dark image projected onto a surface
  • Sardinian: umbra — dark image projected onto a surface
  • Sardinian: urma — dark image projected onto a surface
  • Scottish Gaelic: faileas — dark image projected onto a surface
  • Scottish Gaelic: dubhar — dark image projected onto a surface
  • Scottish Gaelic: sgàile — dark image projected onto a surface
  • Koyraboro-Senni: bii — dark image projected onto a surface
  • Serbo-Croatian: сенка — dark image projected onto a surface
  • Serbo-Croatian: сјенка — dark image projected onto a surface
  • Serbo-Croatian: сена — dark image projected onto a surface
  • Serbo-Croatian: сјена — dark image projected onto a surface
  • Serbo-Croatian: тење — dark image projected onto a surface
  • Serbo-Croatian: тијење — dark image projected onto a surface
  • Serbo-Croatian: senka — dark image projected onto a surface
  • Serbo-Croatian: sjenka — dark image projected onto a surface
  • Serbo-Croatian: sena — dark image projected onto a surface
  • Serbo-Croatian: sjena — dark image projected onto a surface
  • Serbo-Croatian: tenje — dark image projected onto a surface
  • Serbo-Croatian: tijenje — dark image projected onto a surface
  • Seychellois Creole: lombraz — dark image projected onto a surface
  • Shan: ငဝ်း (ngáo) — dark image projected onto a surface
  • Shona: mumvuri — dark image projected onto a surface
  • Shoshone: heki — dark image projected onto a surface
  • Shuswap: smelkwék̓wye7 — dark image projected onto a surface
  • Sicilian: ùmmira — dark image projected onto a surface
  • Sidamo: caale — dark image projected onto a surface
  • Sinhalese: හෙවනැල්ල (hewanælla) — dark image projected onto a surface
  • Slovak: tieň — dark image projected onto a surface
  • Slovak: tôňa — dark image projected onto a surface
  • Slovene: senca — dark image projected onto a surface
  • Lower Sorbian: śěń — dark image projected onto a surface
  • Upper Sorbian: sćin — dark image projected onto a surface
  • Spanish: sombra — dark image projected onto a surface
  • Svan: მანჩალ (mančal) — dark image projected onto a surface
  • Swahili: uvuli — dark image projected onto a surface
  • Swedish: skugga — dark image projected onto a surface
  • Tagalog: anino — dark image projected onto a surface
  • Tai Dam: ꪹꪉꪱ — dark image projected onto a surface
  • Tai Nüa: ᥒᥝᥰ (ngäw) — dark image projected onto a surface
  • Tajik: соя (soya) — dark image projected onto a surface
  • Tamil: நிழல் (niḻal) — dark image projected onto a surface
  • Tarifit: tiri — dark image projected onto a surface
  • Tatar: күләгә (külägä) — dark image projected onto a surface
  • Tausug: lambong — dark image projected onto a surface
  • Telugu: నీడ (nīḍa) — dark image projected onto a surface
  • Ternate: gurumi — dark image projected onto a surface
  • Tetum: lalatak — dark image projected onto a surface
  • Tetum: mahon — dark image projected onto a surface
  • Thai: เงา (ngao) — dark image projected onto a surface
  • Thai: ฉายา (chǎa-yaa) — dark image projected onto a surface
  • Thai: เงามืด (ngao-mʉ̂ʉt) — dark image projected onto a surface
  • Northern Thai: ᨦᩮᩢᩣ — dark image projected onto a surface
  • Tibetan: གྲིབ་མ (grib ma) — dark image projected onto a surface
  • Tidore: gurumi — dark image projected onto a surface
  • Tigrinya: ጽላሎት (ṣəlalot) — dark image projected onto a surface
  • Tobian: yaungar — dark image projected onto a surface
  • Tocharian B: skiyo — dark image projected onto a surface
  • Tofa: һөлеге (hölege) — dark image projected onto a surface
  • Tokunoshima: 影 (xagï) — dark image projected onto a surface
  • Tswana: moriti — dark image projected onto a surface
  • Turkish: gölge — dark image projected onto a surface
  • Turkmen: kölege — dark image projected onto a surface
  • Tuvan: хөлеге (xölege) — dark image projected onto a surface
  • Udmurt: вужер (vužer) — dark image projected onto a surface
  • Ugaritic: 𐎑𐎍 (ẓl) — dark image projected onto a surface
  • Ukrainian: тінь (tinʹ) — dark image projected onto a surface
  • Urdu: سایَہ (sāya) — dark image projected onto a surface
  • Urdu: چھایا (chāyā) — dark image projected onto a surface
  • Urdu: چھاؤں (chāõ) — dark image projected onto a surface
  • Uyghur: سايە (saye) — dark image projected onto a surface
  • Uzbek: soya — dark image projected onto a surface
  • Uzbek: koʻlanka — dark image projected onto a surface
  • Venetan: onbria — dark image projected onto a surface
  • Vietnamese: bóng — dark image projected onto a surface
  • Vietnamese: bóng tối — dark image projected onto a surface
  • Vilamovian: siota — dark image projected onto a surface
  • Volapük: jad — dark image projected onto a surface
  • Võro: vari — dark image projected onto a surface
  • Waigali: čakara — dark image projected onto a surface
  • Walloon: ombe — dark image projected onto a surface
  • Walloon: ombrire — dark image projected onto a surface
  • Waray-Waray: lindong — dark image projected onto a surface
  • Wauja: yaku'la — dark image projected onto a surface
  • Welsh: cysgod — dark image projected onto a surface
  • Wiradjuri: gúruman — dark image projected onto a surface
  • Wiradjuri: guramun — dark image projected onto a surface
  • Wiradjuri: gurruman — dark image projected onto a surface
  • Wolof: takandeer — dark image projected onto a surface
  • Xhosa: isithunzi — dark image projected onto a surface
  • Yaeyama: 影 (kai) — dark image projected onto a surface
  • Yakut: күлүк (külük) — dark image projected onto a surface
  • Yámana: olana — dark image projected onto a surface
  • Yiddish: שאָטן (shotn) — dark image projected onto a surface
  • Yonaguni: 影 (kangi) — dark image projected onto a surface
  • Yoron: 影 (hagi) — dark image projected onto a surface
  • Yucatec Maya: oochel — dark image projected onto a surface
  • Yurok: saˀawor — dark image projected onto a surface
  • Zazaki: sersi (diq) — dark image projected onto a surface
  • Zhuang: ngaeuz — dark image projected onto a surface
  • Zulu: isithunzi — dark image projected onto a surface
  • Bashkir: күләгә (küləgə) — relative darkness
  • Bulgarian: полумра́к (polumrák) — relative darkness
  • Czech: stín — relative darkness
  • Dutch: schaduw — relative darkness
  • Esperanto: mezlumo — relative darkness
  • Finnish: varjo — relative darkness
  • French: ombre — relative darkness
  • Greek: σκιά (skiá) — relative darkness
  • Japanese: 影 (kage) — relative darkness
  • Korean: 그늘 (geuneul) — relative darkness
  • Korean: 응달 (eungdal) — relative darkness
  • Māori: kōruru — relative darkness
  • Portuguese: sombras — relative darkness
  • Portuguese: penumbra — relative darkness
  • Russian: тень (tenʹ) — relative darkness
  • Russian: полумра́к (polumrák) — relative darkness
  • Scottish Gaelic: faileas — relative darkness
  • Scottish Gaelic: dubhar — relative darkness
  • Ukrainian: тінь (tinʹ) — relative darkness
  • Ukrainian: за́тінок (zátinok) — relative darkness
  • Finnish: katve — area protected by an obstacle
  • Swedish: skugga — area protected by an obstacle
  • Ukrainian: тінь (tinʹ) — area protected by an obstacle
  • Bulgarian: отражение (otraženie) — reflected image
  • Finnish: kuvajainen — reflected image
  • Middle English: schadwe — reflected image
  • Tamil: நிழல் (niḻal) — reflected image
  • Ukrainian: віддзерка́лення (viddzerkálennja) — reflected image
  • Ukrainian: відобра́ження (vidobrážennja) — reflected image
  • Ukrainian: відбиття́ (vidbyttjá) — reflected image
  • Bulgarian: призрак (prizrak) — that which looms as though a shadow
  • Finnish: varjo — that which looms as though a shadow
  • Portuguese: vulto — that which looms as though a shadow
  • Tamil: நிழல் (niḻal) — that which looms as though a shadow
  • Ukrainian: тінь (tinʹ) — that which looms as though a shadow
  • Bulgarian: оттенък (ottenǎk) — small degree
  • Finnish: häivähdys — small degree
  • Ukrainian: відті́нок (vidtínok) — small degree
  • Finnish: varjo — imperfect and faint representation
  • Middle English: schadwe — imperfect and faint representation
  • Ukrainian: тінь (tinʹ) — imperfect and faint representation
  • Bulgarian: пресле́двач (preslédvač) — one who secretly or furtively follows another
  • Finnish: varjostaja — one who secretly or furtively follows another
  • Finnish: varjo — one who secretly or furtively follows another
  • Greek: σκιά (skiá) — one who secretly or furtively follows another
  • Japanese: 尾行者 (bikōsha) — one who secretly or furtively follows another
  • Portuguese: sombra — one who secretly or furtively follows another
  • Russian: шпик (špik) — one who secretly or furtively follows another
  • Russian: пресле́дователь (preslédovatelʹ) — one who secretly or furtively follows another
  • Russian: пресле́довательница (preslédovatelʹnica) — one who secretly or furtively follows another
  • Slovene: senca — one who secretly or furtively follows another
  • Ukrainian: переслі́дувач (pereslíduvač) — one who secretly or furtively follows another
  • Ukrainian: переслі́дувачка (pereslíduvačka) — one who secretly or furtively follows another
  • Bulgarian: светлосянка (svetlosjanka) — typographic effect
  • Czech: stín — typographic effect
  • Finnish: varjostus — typographic effect
  • Greek: σκιά (skiá) — typographic effect
  • Japanese: 影付き (kagetsuki) — typographic effect
  • Portuguese: sombreado — typographic effect
  • Ukrainian: заті́нення (zatínennja) — typographic effect
  • Finnish: varjo — influence, especially a pervasive or a negative one
  • Finnish: varjo — psychology: unconscious aspect of the personality
  • Bulgarian: засенчвам (zasenčvam) — to block light or radio transmission
  • Czech: stínit — to block light or radio transmission
  • Danish: skygge — to block light or radio transmission
  • Esperanto: ombri — to block light or radio transmission
  • Finnish: varjostaa — to block light or radio transmission
  • German: beschatten — to block light or radio transmission
  • Greek: επισκιάζω (episkiázo) — to block light or radio transmission
  • Greek: σκιάζω (skiázo) — to block light or radio transmission
  • Middle English: schadwen — to block light or radio transmission
  • Persian: سایه افکندن (sâye afkandan) — to block light or radio transmission
  • Portuguese: sombrear — to block light or radio transmission
  • Czech: sledovat — to secretly track or follow another
  • Danish: skygge — to secretly track or follow another
  • Dutch: schaduwen — to secretly track or follow another
  • Esperanto: gvatsekvi — to secretly track or follow another
  • Finnish: varjostaa — to secretly track or follow another
  • French: prendre en filature — to secretly track or follow another
  • French: filer — to secretly track or follow another
  • German: beschatten — to secretly track or follow another
  • Greek: παρακολουθώ (parakolouthó) — to secretly track or follow another
  • Greek: γίνομαι σκιά (gínomai skiá) — to secretly track or follow another
  • Italian: pedinare — to secretly track or follow another
  • Japanese: 尾行する (bikō suru) — to secretly track or follow another
  • Māori: whakamomoka — to secretly track or follow another
  • Swedish: skugga — to secretly track or follow another
  • Bulgarian: придружавам (pridružavam) — to accompany a professional in order to learn — see also observe
  • Chinese Mandarin: 见学 — to accompany a professional in order to learn — see also observe
  • Finnish: seurata — to accompany a professional in order to learn — see also observe
  • Finnish: varjostaa — to accompany a professional in order to learn — see also observe
  • Spanish: ver cómo trabaja — to accompany a professional in order to learn — see also observe
  • Spanish: aprender imitando — to accompany a professional in order to learn — see also observe
  • Finnish: varjostaa — programming: to make an identifier inaccessible
  • Finnish: varjostaa — computing: to apply the shadowing process to
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