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.
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.
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