shadow in Gujarati ગુજરાતી
shadow in Hindi हिन्दी
shadow in Kashmiri कॉशुर
shadow in Marathi मराठी
shadow in Sindhi سنڌي
shadow in Telugu తెలుగు
shadow in English
- shadow⇄adj. shaddowlike.
- shadow⇄adj. 1. of or belonging to a shadow cabinet.
Ex. Labour's principal speaker was ... the shadow Chancellor of the Exchequer (Manchester Guardian Weekly).
2. unofficial.
Ex. a shadow legislature, a shadow organization, a shadow President - shadow⇄expr. (the) shadows, the darkness after sunset.
Ex. Shadows of the evening Steal across the sky (Sabine Baring-Gould). - shadow⇄expr. be afraid of one's own shadow, to be unreasonably timorous; be extremely frightened.
Ex. One gets the impression that the whole back line [of people] are afraid of their own shadows (Vivian Jenkins). - shadow⇄expr. cast a long shadow, to wield great influence or power.
Ex. [She] is always driven by the need for self-assertion, whether it involves ... meddling with politics and art, or merely casting a long shadow over all the people she encounters (Atla - shadow⇄expr. shadow forth, to represent faintly.
Ex. By the same four [creatures], in the opinion of many of the Fathers, are shadowed forth the four Evangelists (Thomas Godwin). - shadow⇄expr. under (or in) the shadow of, very near to.
Ex. The friends met in a little cafe under the shadow of St. Peter's. - shadow⇄noun shadower.
- shadow⇄noun 1. shade made by some person, animal, or thing; darkness which something casts on a surface by intercepting direct rays of light. Sometimes a person's shadow is much longer than he is, and sometimes much shorter.
2. shade, darkness, or partia - shadow⇄shadow, noun, verb, adjective.
- shadow⇄v.t. 1. to protect from light; shade.
Ex. The grass is shadowed by huge oaks.
2. to cast a shadow on.
3. (Figurative.) to represent faintly.
4. to follow closely and secretly.
Ex. The detective shadowed the suspected burg