Dictionary    Maps    Thesaurus    Translate    Advanced >   


Tip: Click a synonym from the results below to see its synonyms.

No results could be found matching the exact term shadow of doubt in the thesaurus.
Try one of these suggestions:
set  shot  stay  step  stevedore  stooped  stopped  stuffed  stupid  stupidity  styptic  sweat  sweet 

Consider searching for the individual words shadow, of, or doubt.
Dictionary Results for shadow:
1. WordNet® 3.0 (2006)
shadow
    n 1: shade within clear boundaries
    2: an unilluminated area; "he moved off into the darkness" [syn:
       darkness, dark, shadow]
    3: something existing in perception only; "a ghostly apparition
       at midnight" [syn: apparition, phantom, phantasm,
       phantasma, fantasm, shadow]
    4: a premonition of something adverse; "a shadow over his
       happiness"
    5: an indication that something has been present; "there wasn't
       a trace of evidence for the claim"; "a tincture of
       condescension" [syn: trace, vestige, tincture,
       shadow]
    6: refuge from danger or observation; "he felt secure in his
       father's shadow"
    7: a dominating and pervasive presence; "he received little
       recognition working in the shadow of his father"
    8: a spy employed to follow someone and report their movements
       [syn: tail, shadow, shadower]
    9: an inseparable companion; "the poor child was his mother's
       shadow"
    v 1: follow, usually without the person's knowledge; "The police
         are shadowing her"
    2: cast a shadow over [syn: shadow, shade, shade off]
    3: make appear small by comparison; "This year's debt dwarfs
       that of last year" [syn: shadow, overshadow, dwarf]

2. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Shadow \Shad"ow\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Shadowed; p. pr. & vb.
   n. Shadowing.] [OE. shadowen, AS. sceadwian. See adow,
   n.]
   1. To cut off light from; to put in shade; to shade; to throw
      a shadow upon; to overspead with obscurity.
      [1913 Webster]

            The warlike elf much wondered at this tree,
            So fair and great, that shadowed all the ground.
                                                  --Spenser.
      [1913 Webster]

   2. To conceal; to hide; to screen. [R.]
      [1913 Webster]

            Let every soldier hew him down a bough.
            And bear't before him; thereby shall we shadow
            The numbers of our host.              --Shak.
      [1913 Webster]

   3. To protect; to shelter from danger; to shroud.
      [1913 Webster]

            Shadowing their right under your wings of war.
                                                  --Shak.
      [1913 Webster]

   4. To mark with gradations of light or color; to shade.
      [1913 Webster]

   5. To represent faintly or imperfectly; to adumbrate; hence,
      to represent typically.
      [1913 Webster]

            Augustus is shadowed in the person of [AE]neas.
                                                  --Dryden.
      [1913 Webster]

   6. To cloud; to darken; to cast a gloom over.
      [1913 Webster]

            The shadowed livery of the burnished sun. --Shak.
      [1913 Webster]

            Why sad?
            I must not see the face O love thus shadowed.
                                                  --Beau. & Fl.
      [1913 Webster]

   7. To attend as closely as a shadow; to follow and watch
      closely, especially in a secret or unobserved manner; as,
      a detective shadows a criminal.
      [1913 Webster]

3. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Shadow \Shad"ow\ (sh[a^]d"[-o]), n. [Originally the same word as
   shade. [root]162. See Shade.]
   1. Shade within defined limits; obscurity or deprivation of
      light, apparent on a surface, and representing the form of
      the body which intercepts the rays of light; as, the
      shadow of a man, of a tree, or of a tower. See the Note
      under Shade, n., 1.
      [1913 Webster]

   2. Darkness; shade; obscurity.
      [1913 Webster]

            Night's sable shadows from the ocean rise. --Denham.
      [1913 Webster]

   3. A shaded place; shelter; protection; security.
      [1913 Webster]

            In secret shadow from the sunny ray,
            On a sweet bed of lilies softly laid. --Spenser.
      [1913 Webster]

   4. A reflected image, as in a mirror or in water. --Shak.
      [1913 Webster]

   5. That which follows or attends a person or thing like a
      shadow; an inseparable companion; hence, an obsequious
      follower.
      [1913 Webster]

            Sin and her shadow Death.             --Milton.
      [1913 Webster]

   6. A spirit; a ghost; a shade; a phantom. "Hence, horrible
      shadow!" --Shak.
      [1913 Webster]

   7. An imperfect and faint representation; adumbration;
      indistinct image; dim bodying forth; hence, mystical
      representation; type.
      [1913 Webster]

            The law having a shadow of good things to come.
                                                  --Heb. x. 1.
      [1913 Webster]

            [Types] and shadows of that destined seed. --Milton.
      [1913 Webster]

   8. A small degree; a shade. "No variableness, neither shadow
      of turning." --James i. 17.
      [1913 Webster]

   9. An uninvited guest coming with one who is invited. [A
      Latinism] --Nares.
      [1913 Webster]

            I must not have my board pastered with shadows
            That under other men's protection break in
            Without invitement.                   --Massinger.
      [1913 Webster]

   Shadow of death, darkness or gloom like that caused by the
      presence or the impending of death. --Ps. xxiii. 4.
      [1913 Webster]

4. The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (30 December 2018)
SHADOW

    A syntax-directed compiler written by Barnett
   and Futrelle in 1962.  It was the predecessor to SNOBOL(?)

   [Sammet 1969, p. 448, 605].

   (1995-01-16)


5. Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary
Shadow
   used in Col. 2:17; Heb. 8:5; 10:1 to denote the typical relation
   of the Jewish to the Christian dispensation.
   

Common Misspellings >
Most Popular Searches: Define Misanthrope, Define Pulchritudinous, Define Happy, Define Veracity, Define Cornucopia, Define Almuerzo, Define Atresic, Define URL, Definitions Of Words, Definition Of Get Up, Definition Of Quid Pro Quo, Definition Of Irreconcilable Differences, Definition Of Word, Synonyms of Repetitive, Synonym Dictionary, Synonym Antonyms. See our main index and map index for more details.

©2011-2024 ZebraWords.com - Define Yourself - The Search for Meanings and Meaning Means I Mean. All content subject to terms and conditions as set out here. Contact Us, peruse our Privacy Policy