How to pronounce “shadow”

Meaning

• [Noun]
• A dark image projected onto a surface where light (or other radiation) is blocked by the shade of an object.
• Relative darkness, especially as caused by the interruption of light; gloom; obscurity.
• An area protected by an obstacle (likened to an object blocking out sunlight).
• (obsolete or poetic) A reflected image, as in a mirror or in water.
• (figurative) That which looms as though a shadow.
• (chiefly in the negative) A small degree; a shade.
• An imperfect and faint representation.
• (UK, law enforcement) A trainee, assigned to work with an experienced officer.
• One who secretly or furtively follows another.
• An inseparable companion.
• (typography) A drop shadow effect applied to lettering in word processors etc.
• An influence, especially a pervasive or a negative one.
• A spirit; a ghost; a shade.
• (obsolete, Latinism) An uninvited guest accompanying one who was invited.
• (Jungian psychology) An unconscious aspect of the personality.
• [Adjective]
• Unofficial, informal, unauthorized, but acting as though it were.
• Having power or influence, but not widely known or recognized.
• (Commonwealth, politics) Part of, or related to, the opposition in government.
• (US, politics) Acting in a leadership role before being formally recognized.
• [Verb]
• (transitive) To shade, cloud, or darken.
• (transitive) To block light or radio transmission from.
• (particularly espionage) To secretly or discreetly track or follow another, to keep under surveillance.
• (transitive) To represent faintly and imperfectly.
• (transitive) To hide; to conceal.
• (transitive, intransitive) To accompany (a professional) during the working day, so as to learn about an occupation one intends to take up.
• (transitive, programming) To make (an identifier, usually a variable) inaccessible by declaring another of the same name within the scope of the first.
• (transitive, computing) To apply the shadowing process to (the contents of ROM).

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