shadow
verb/ˈʃædəʊ/
/ˈʃædəʊ/
Verb Forms
| present simple I / you / we / they shadow | /ˈʃædəʊ/ /ˈʃædəʊ/ |
| he / she / it shadows | /ˈʃædəʊz/ /ˈʃædəʊz/ |
| past simple shadowed | /ˈʃædəʊd/ /ˈʃædəʊd/ |
| past participle shadowed | /ˈʃædəʊd/ /ˈʃædəʊd/ |
| -ing form shadowing | /ˈʃædəʊɪŋ/ /ˈʃædəʊɪŋ/ |
- shadow somebody to follow and watch somebody closely and often secretly
- He was shadowed for a week by the secret police.
- shadow somebody to be with somebody who is doing a particular job, so that you can learn about it
- It is often helpful for teachers to shadow managers in industry.
- shadow something to cover something with a shadow
- A wide-brimmed hat shadowed her face.
- The bay was shadowed by magnificent cliffs.
see also overshadow
follow and watch
cover with shadow
Word OriginOld English scead(u)we (noun), oblique case of sceadu (see shade), sceadwian ‘screen or shield from attack’, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch schaduw and German Schatten (nouns), from an Indo-European root shared by Greek skotos ‘darkness’.
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