Crossword-Solution: SHADOW
Dictionary
| Word | Word Type | Definition |
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| Shadow | n. | 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. |
| Shadow | n. | Darkness; shade; obscurity. |
| Shadow | n. | A shaded place; shelter; protection; security. |
| Shadow | n. | A reflected image, as in a mirror or in water. |
| Shadow | n. | That which follows or attends a person or thing like a shadow; an inseparable companion; hence, an obsequious follower. |
| Shadow | n. | A spirit; a ghost; a shade; a phantom. |
| Shadow | n. | An imperfect and faint representation; adumbration; indistinct image; dim bodying forth; hence, mystical representation; type. |
| Shadow | n. | A small degree; a shade. |
| Shadow | n. | An uninvited guest coming with one who is invited. |
| Shadow | n. | To cut off light from; to put in shade; to shade; to throw a shadow upon; to overspead with obscurity. |
| Shadow | n. | To conceal; to hide; to screen. |
| Shadow | n. | To protect; to shelter from danger; to shroud. |
| Shadow | n. | To mark with gradations of light or color; to shade. |
| Shadow | n. | To represent faintly or imperfectly; to adumbrate; hence, to represent typically. |
| Shadow | n. | To cloud; to darken; to cast a gloom over. |
| Shadow | n. | 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. |
Anagrams
| Word | Anagrams | |
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| SHADOW | anagram | HOWSAD |
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Sentences with SHADOW (5)
She returned to the nursery, and found Nana with something in her mouth, which proved to be the boy’s shadow.
Hidden in the alder-bushes, There he waited till the deer came, Till he saw two antlers lifted, Saw two eyes look from the thicket, Saw two nostrils point to windward, And a deer came down the pathway, Flecked with leafy light and shadow.
The Dog and the Shadow A DOG, crossing a bridge over a stream with a piece of flesh in his mouth, saw his own shadow in the water and took it for that of another Dog, with a piece of meat double his own in size.
Let us hear, then, what it is at its best estate—gaze on its bright side, if it has one; and then imagination may task her powers to add dark lines to the picture, as she travels southward to that (for the colored man) Valley of the Shadow of Death, where the Mississippi sweeps along.
She seemed like a troubled spirit, like some shadow out of the earth, clinging to him and entreating him to give her peace.
Quotes with SHADOW (3)
I love you as certain dark things are to be loved, in secret, between the shadow and the soul.
Let there be spaces in your togetherness, And let the winds of the heavens dance between you. Love one another but make not a bond of love: Let it rather be a moving sea between the shores of your souls. Fill each other's cup but drink not from one cup. Give one another of your bread but eat not from the same loaf. Sing and dance together and be joyous, but let each one of you be alone, Even as the strings of a lute are alone though they quiver with the same music. Give your …
I love you as certain dark things are loved, secretly, between the shadow and the soul.
Where this answer appears
Appears in: Boston Globe, Chronicle, Crossroads, CrosSynergy, LAT, Newsday, New Yorker, NY Sun, NYT, Slate, Universal, USA TODAY, WP, WSJ.
Used 103 times in crossword archives (1947–2025).