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adjective

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as in shaded
protected from the sun's rays sat in a shadowed corner of the garden

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shadowed

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verb

past tense of shadow
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as in chased
to go after or on the track of shadowing the suspect to see what he was up to

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as in obscured
to make dark, dim, or indistinct thickening clouds shadowed the countryside

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as in protected
to shelter (something) from light and heat a pathway shadowed by a canopy of arching branches

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“Shadowed.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/shadowed. Accessed 1 Feb. 2023.

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