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plural of shadow
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(Entry 1 of 2)
a time or place of little or no light
- lurking in the shadows
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- blaze,
- brightness,
- brilliance,
- day,
- daylight,
- glare,
- glow,
- light,
- lightness
shadows
verb
present tense third-person singular of shadow
Synonyms & Antonyms of shadows (Entry 2 of 2)
1
to go after or on the track of
- shadowing the suspect to see what he was up to
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- accompanies,
- chaperones
- (or chaperons),
- escorts
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2
to make dark, dim, or indistinct
- thickening clouds shadowed the countryside
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3
to shelter (something) from light and heat
- a pathway shadowed by a canopy of arching branches
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“Shadows.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/shadows. Accessed 23 Sep. 2021.
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