shadow
noun
Key Types & categories Parts & wholes Related & opposite
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- verb
- adjective
- adverb
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Senses
Sense 1 noun
shade within clear boundaries
Types & categories
Related & opposite
- shade derivation
- umbrageous derivation
Sense 2 verb
follow, usually without the person's knowledge
The police are shadowing her
Types & categories
- follow hypernym
Related & opposite
Sense 3 noun
an unilluminated area
he moved off into the darkness
Types & categories
- scene hypernym
Related & opposite
Sense 4 verb
cast a shadow over
Types & categories
- darken hypernym
Related & opposite
Sense 5 noun
something existing in perception only
a ghostly apparition at midnight
Types & categories
- illusion hypernym
- unidentified flying object hyponym
- Flying Dutchman hyponym
- ghost hyponym
Related & opposite
- wraithlike derivation
- apparitional derivation
Sense 6 verb
make appear small by comparison
This year's debt dwarfs that of last year
Types & categories
- overtop hypernym
Related & opposite
Sense 7 noun
a premonition of something adverse
a shadow over his happiness
Types & categories
- premonition hypernym
Sense 8 noun
an indication that something has been present
there wasn't a trace of evidence for the claim
Types & categories
- indication hypernym
- footprint hyponym
Sense 9 noun
refuge from danger or observation
he felt secure in his father's shadow
Types & categories
- recourse hypernym
Sense 10 noun
a dominating and pervasive presence
he received little recognition working in the shadow of his father
Types & categories
- presence hypernym
Related & opposite
- dwarf derivation
Sense 11 noun
a spy employed to follow someone and report their movements
Types & categories
Related & opposite
Sense 12 noun
an inseparable companion
the poor child was his mother's shadow
Types & categories
- follower hypernym
Related & opposite
- shadow derivation
Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | shade |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | umbrageous |
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | shade |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | umbra |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | penumbra |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | shadowing |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | shadow |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | shadower |
| 2 | hypernym | Types & categories | follow |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | shade |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | dark |
| 3 | hypernym | Types & categories | scene |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | darkness |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | shade |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | shadow |
| 4 | hypernym | Types & categories | darken |
| 5 | derivation | Related & opposite | wraithlike |
| 5 | derivation | Related & opposite | apparitional |
| 5 | hypernym | Types & categories | illusion |
| 5 | hyponym | Types & categories | unidentified flying object |
| 5 | hyponym | Types & categories | Flying Dutchman |
| 5 | hyponym | Types & categories | ghost |
| 6 | derivation | Related & opposite | dwarf |
| 6 | derivation | Related & opposite | shadow |
| 6 | hypernym | Types & categories | overtop |
| 7 | hypernym | Types & categories | premonition |
| 8 | hypernym | Types & categories | indication |
| 8 | hyponym | Types & categories | footprint |
| 9 | hypernym | Types & categories | recourse |
| 10 | derivation | Related & opposite | dwarf |
| 10 | hypernym | Types & categories | presence |
| 11 | derivation | Related & opposite | shadow |
| 11 | derivation | Related & opposite | chase |
| 11 | hypernym | Types & categories | follower |
| 11 | hypernym | Types & categories | spy |
| 12 | derivation | Related & opposite | shadow |
| 12 | hypernym | Types & categories | follower |