All shadow synonyms
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S s noun shadow
- footmark β a footprint.
- cerecloth β waxed waterproof cloth of a kind formerly used as a shroud
- quarterage β the act of providing troops with living accommodations.
- bleakness β bare, desolate, and often windswept: a bleak plain.
- figure β a numerical symbol, especially an Arabic numeral.
- cerement β any burial clothes
- footmarks β Plural form of footmark.
- cerements β Plural form of cerement.
- feds β the Fed, Informal. the Federal Reserve System.
- lineation β an act or instance of marking with or tracing by lines.
- cantlet β a piece, fragment, or cantle
- lee β Ann, 1736β84, British mystic: founder of Shaker sect in U.S.
- minimum β the least quantity or amount possible, assignable, allowable, or the like.
- living soul β person
- mise en scene β the process of setting a stage, with regard to placement of actors, scenery, properties, etc.
- co-op β A co-op is a co-operative.
- banshee β In Irish folk stories, a banshee is a female spirit who warns you by her long, sad cry that someone in your family is going to die.
- ghost β the soul of a dead person, a disembodied spirit imagined, usually as a vague, shadowy or evanescent form, as wandering among or haunting living persons.
- bloodhound β A bloodhound is a large dog with a very good sense of smell. Bloodhounds are often used to find people or other animals by following their scent.
- hole in the wall β an opening through something; gap; aperture: a hole in the roof; a hole in my sock.
verb shadow
- glooming β total or partial darkness; dimness.
- catch sight of β to make out by means of the eyes; discern; see
- obscure β (of meaning) not clear or plain; ambiguous, vague, or uncertain: an obscure sentence in the contract.
- hide β Informal. to administer a beating to; thrash.
- hunt β to chase or search for (game or other wild animals) for the purpose of catching or killing.
- muddied β abounding in or covered with mud.
- hang out β to fasten or attach (a thing) so that it is supported only from above or at a point near its own top; suspend.
- bird-dog β to follow, watch carefully, or investigate.
- gun for β a weapon consisting of a metal tube, with mechanical attachments, from which projectiles are shot by the force of an explosive; a piece of ordnance.
- gray β of a color between white and black; having a neutral hue.
- catenate β to arrange or be arranged in a series of chains or rings
- grayed β Simple past tense and past participle of gray.
- eclipse β Astronomy. the obscuration of the light of the moon by the intervention of the earth between it and the sun (lunar eclipse) or the obscuration of the light of the sun by the intervention of the moon between it and a point on the earth (solar eclipse) a similar phenomenon with respect to any other planet and either its satellite or the sun. the partial or complete interception of the light of one component of a binary star by the other.
- accompany β If you accompany someone, you go somewhere with them.
- bedog β Lb transitive to refer to or treat like a dog; (by extension) to follow like a dog, harass, torment; bully.
- gunning β a weapon consisting of a metal tube, with mechanical attachments, from which projectiles are shot by the force of an explosive; a piece of ordnance.
- hunt down β to chase or search for (game or other wild animals) for the purpose of catching or killing.
- look after β to turn one's eyes toward something or in some direction in order to see: He looked toward the western horizon and saw the returning planes.
- fall behind β to drop or descend under the force of gravity, as to a lower place through loss or lack of support.
- lock up β a device for securing a door, gate, lid, drawer, or the like in position when closed, consisting of a bolt or system of bolts propelled and withdrawn by a mechanism operated by a key, dial, etc.
- muddying β Cause to become covered in or full of mud.
- hint β an indirect, covert, or helpful suggestion; clue: Give me a hint as to his identity.
- lie low β situated, placed, or occurring not far above the ground, floor, or base: a low shelf.
- blinded β unable to see; lacking the sense of sight; sightless: a blind man.
- hazed β an aggregation in the atmosphere of very fine, widely dispersed, solid or liquid particles, or both, giving the air an opalescent appearance that subdues colors.
- get a load of β anything put in or on something for conveyance or transportation; freight; cargo: The truck carried a load of watermelons.
adj shadow
- lank β (of plants) unduly long and slender: lank grass; lank, leafless trees.
- anorectic β Also, anorectous. having no appetite.
- malnourished β poorly or improperly nourished; suffering from malnutrition: thin, malnourished victims of the famine.
adjective shadow
- lean β to incline or bend from a vertical position: She leaned out the window.