shadow
To shade, cloud, or darkenTo shade, cloud, or darken.
» He is afraid of his own shadow.
Er fürchtet sich vor seinem eigenen Schatten. — Manfredo
Он собственной тени боится. — odexed
Він боїться власної тіні. — deniko
CK · Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FRMeaning
8 senses(transitive)To shade, cloud, or darken.
The artist chose to shadow this corner of the painting.
(transitive)To block light or radio transmission from.
Looks like that cloud's going to shadow us.
beschatten
To secretly or discreetly track or follow another, to keep under surveillance.
beschatten
(transitive)To represent faintly and imperfectly.
(transitive)To hide; to conceal.
(intransitive, transitive)To accompany (a professional) during the working day, so as to learn about an occupation one intends to take up.
(transitive)To make (an identifier, usually a variable) inaccessible by declaring another of the same name within the scope of the first.
(transitive)To apply the shadowing process to (the contents of ROM).
- follow, usually without the person's knowledge
- make appear small by comparison
- cast a shadow over
Examples
352 sentencesHe is afraid of his own shadow.
Він боїться власної тіні. — deniko
ruОн собственной тени боится. — odexed
deEr fürchtet sich vor seinem eigenen Schatten. — Manfredo
The girl was afraid of her own shadow.
Дівчина боялася власної тіні. — deniko
ruДевочка боялась своей собственной тени. — BarinovDenis
deDas Mädchen hatte Angst vor ihrem eigenen Schatten. — Dejo
She is afraid of her own shadow.
Вона боїться власної тіні. — deniko
ruОна собственной тени боится. — marafon
deSie hat Angst vor ihrem Schatten. — MUIRIEL
Tom had a five o'clock shadow.
У Тома була щетина. — miketheknight
deTom hatte einen nachmittäglichen Bartschatten. — Pfirsichbaeumchen
Tom is afraid of his own shadow.
ruТом собственной тени боится. — marafon
deTom fürchtet sich vor seinem eigenen Schatten. — wolfgangth
Translations
5 languagesBy meaning 1
Origin
From Middle English schadowen, from Old English sċeadwian, from sċeadu (“shadow; shade”) +From Middle English schadowen, from Old English sċeadwian, from sċeadu (“shadow; shade”) + -ian (suffix forming verbs).
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Forms
shadows, shadowing, shadowed, shadowedSynonyms
4 synonyms- make appear small by comparison:overshadowdwarf
- cast a shadow over:shadeshade off
Word family
6 related wordsLessons for this word
3 lessons- A1Present simple — Because it is a verb
- A1Past simple, regular verbs — Because of its past form
- A2Present perfect: introduction — Because of its past participle
See also
neighbours in the dictionaryDictionary text adapted from Wiktionary (Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet / Princeton WordNet (CC BY 4.0, WordNet License); shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and recordings are credited where they appear.