shadow

En français : ombre

1. A dark image projected onto a surface where light (or other radiation) is blocked by the shade of an object. (countable, uncountable) · My shadow lengthened as the sun began to set.· The X-ray showed a shadow on his lung.
2. Relative darkness, especially as caused by the interruption of light; gloom; obscurity. (countable, uncountable) · I immediately jumped into shadow as I saw them approach.
3. An area protected by an obstacle (likened to an object blocking out sunlight). (countable, uncountable) · The mountains block the passage of rain-producing weather systems and cast a "shadow" of dryness behind them.
4. That which looms as though a shadow. (countable, figuratively, uncountable) · I lived in her shadow my whole life.
5. A small degree; a shade. (countable, uncountable) · He did not give even a shadow of respect to the professor.· I don't have a shadow of doubt in my mind that my plan will succeed.
6. An imperfect and faint representation. (countable, uncountable) · He came back from war the shadow of a man.· The neopagan ritual was only a pale shadow of the ones the Greeks held thousands of years ago.
7. One who secretly or furtively follows another. (countable, uncountable) · The constable was promoted to working as a shadow for the Royals.
8. An inseparable companion. (countable, uncountable)

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