Definizione monolingua

shadow

shadow (third-person singular simple present shadows, present participle shadowing, simple past and past participle shadowed)

1. To block light or radio transmission.

   Looks like that clouds going to shadow us.

2. (espionage) To secretly or discreetly track or follow another, to keep under surveillance.
3. (programming) To make an identifier, usually a variable, inaccessible by declaring another of the same name within the scope of the first.

shadow (plural shadows)

1. A dark image projected onto a surface where light is blocked by the shade of an object.

   My shadow lengthened as the sun began to set.

2. Relative darkness, especially as caused by the interruption of light; gloom, obscurity.

   I immediately jumped into shadow as I saw them approach.

3. That which looms as though a shadow.

   I dont have a shadow of doubt in my mind that my plan will succeed.

   The shadow of fear of my being outed always affects how I live my life.

   I lived in her shadow my whole life.

   • 1992, Rudolf M. Schuster, The Hepaticae and Anthocerotae of North America: East of the Hundredth Meridian, volume V, page vii

     Hepaticology, outside the temperate parts of the Northern Hemisphere, still lies deep in the shadow cast by that ultimate ""closet taxonomist,"" Franz Stephani—a ghost whose shadow falls over us all.

4. Merely a hint of substance.

   He came back from war the shadow of a man.

   He did not give even a shadow of respect to the professor.

5. One who secretly or furtively follows another.

   The constable was promoted to working as a shadow for the Royals.

6. A type of lettering form of word processors that makes a cubic effect.

Definizione dizionario shadow

	ombra
	dark image projected onto a surface
	Darkness, where light (particularly sunlight) is blocked.
	Elemento o particolare oscuro che genera sentimenti negativi come timore, fastidio, sospetto.

	ombreggiatura
	A shaded outline that appears behind an object or text and creates the illusion of depth.

fantasma

ombrare

ombreggiare

ombrosità

oscurità

pedinare

simulacro

spettro

traccia

Altri significati:

(espionage) To secretly or discreetly track or follow another, to keep under surveillance.

Relative darkness, especially as caused by the interruption of light; gloom, obscurity.

To block light or radio transmission.

relative darkness

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

to secretly track or follow another

type of lettering form

A dark image projected onto a surface where light is blocked by the shade of an object.

Merely a hint of substance.

to block light or radio transmission

one who secretly or furtively follows another

A type of lettering form of word processors that makes a cubic effect.

One who secretly or furtively follows another.

That which looms as though a shadow.