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Shadow
/ˈʃadəʊ/
A dark area or shape produced by a body coming between rays of light and a surface.
Synonyms:
shade
obscuration
darkness
dusking
Antonyms:
light
illumination
Examples:
The cat's
shadow
is on the wall.
He saw a
shadow
under the old tree.
Etymology:
From Old English
sceaduwe
, from Proto-Germanic
*skadwaz
, related to German
Schatten
and Dutch
schaduw
.
Usage Statistics:
45 mentions per 1 million words
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