Meaning

8 senses
  1. (transitive)To shade, cloud, or darken.

    The artist chose to shadow this corner of the painting.

  2. (transitive)To block light or radio transmission from.

    Looks like that cloud's going to shadow us.

    beschatten

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

    beschatten

  4. (transitive)To represent faintly and imperfectly.

  5. (transitive)To hide; to conceal.

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

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

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

More definitions
  • follow, usually without the person's knowledge
  • make appear small by comparison
  • cast a shadow over

Examples

352 sentences
  1. He is afraid of his own shadow.

    Він боїться власної тіні. — deniko

    ruОн собственной тени боится. — odexed

    deEr fürchtet sich vor seinem eigenen Schatten. — Manfredo

  2. 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

  3. She is afraid of her own shadow.

    Вона боїться власної тіні. — deniko

    ruОна собственной тени боится. — marafon

    deSie hat Angst vor ihrem Schatten. — MUIRIEL

  4. Tom had a five o'clock shadow.

    У Тома була щетина. — miketheknight

    deTom hatte einen nachmittäglichen Bartschatten. — Pfirsichbaeumchen

  5. Tom is afraid of his own shadow.

    ruТом собственной тени боится. — marafon

    deTom fürchtet sich vor seinem eigenen Schatten. — wolfgangth

Translations

5 languages
Deutsch
By meaning 1
to block light or radio transmission:

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, shadowed
Base formshadow · to shadow
3rd person singularshadows
Present participleshadowing
Past simpleshadowed
Past participleshadowed

regular · Lesson

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theyshadow
he, she, itshadows

Past simpleLesson

all personsshadowed

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave shadowed
he, she, ithas shadowed

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill shadow

Synonyms

4 synonyms
Close in meaning

Word family

6 related words

See also

neighbours in the dictionary

Dictionary 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.

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