shadowing

[shad-oh-ing]

shad·ow·ing

[shad-oh-ing]
noun Cytology, Histology.
a method of enhancing the visibility of the surface features of a specimen for electron microscopic viewing by spraying it from one side with a coating of metal atoms.

Origin:
shadow + -ing1

self-shad·ow·ing, adjective

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Shadowing is always a great word to know.
So is bezoar. Does it mean:
a calculus or concretion found in the stomach or intestines of certain animals, esp. ruminants, formerly reputed to be an effective remedy for poison.
a printed punctuation mark (‽), available only in some typefaces, designed to combine the question mark (?) and the exclamation point (!), indicating a mixture of query and interjection, as after a rhetorical question.
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shad·ow

[shad-oh]
noun
1.
a dark figure or image cast on the ground or some surface by a body intercepting light.
2.
shade or comparative darkness, as in an area.
3.
shadows, darkness, especially that coming after sunset.
4.
shelter; protection: sanctuary in the shadow of the church.
5.
a slight suggestion; trace: beyond the shadow of a doubt.
EXPAND
6.
a specter or ghost: pursued by shadows.
7.
a hint or faint, indistinct image or idea; intimation: shadows of things to come.
8.
a mere semblance: the shadow of power.
9.
a reflected image.
10.
(in painting, drawing, graphics, etc.)
a.
the representation of the absence of light on a form.
b.
the dark part of a picture, especially as representing the absence of illumination: Rembrandt's figures often emerge gradually from the shadows.
11.
(in architectural shades and shadows) a dark figure or image cast by an object or part of an object upon a surface that would otherwise be illuminated by the theoretical light source. Compare shade (def. 16).
12.
a period or instance of gloom, unhappiness, mistrust, doubt, dissension, or the like, as in friendship or one's life: Their relationship was not without shadows.
13.
a dominant or pervasive threat, influence, or atmosphere, especially one causing gloom, fear, doubt, or the like: They lived under the shadow of war.
14.
an inseparable companion: The dog was his shadow.
15.
a person who follows another in order to keep watch upon that person, as a spy or detective.
COLLAPSE
verb (used with object)
16.
to overspread with shadow; shade.
17.
to cast a gloom over; cloud: The incident shadowed their meeting.
18.
to screen or protect from light, heat, etc.; shade.
19.
to follow (a person) about secretly, in order to keep watch over his movements.
20.
to represent faintly, prophetically, etc. (often followed by forth).
EXPAND
21.
Archaic. to shelter or protect.
22.
Archaic. to shade in painting, drawing, etc.
COLLAPSE
adjective
23.
of or pertaining to a shadow cabinet.
24.
without official authority: a shadow government.

Origin:
before 900; (noun) Middle English sch(e)adew(e), schadow, shadw(e), Old English scead(u)we, oblique case of sceadu shade; (v.) Middle English; Old English sceadwian to protect, cover, overshadow, derivative of the noun; compare Old Saxon skadowan, skadoian, Gothic -skadwjan

shad·ow·er, noun
shad·ow·less, adjective
shad·ow·like, adjective
pre·shad·ow, noun, verb (used with object)


1. See shade.

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