See Also: pretend 1, verb(dictionary)
shadow 2, verb(dictionary)
pretend(2)(dictionary)
pretend(1)(dictionary)
pretend 2, adjective(dictionary)
eye shadow(dictionary)
shadow(2)(dictionary)
shadow(1)(dictionary)
Shadow(medicine)
shadow 1, noun(dictionary)

pretend(1) (iou) and shadow 2, verb (oh)


pretend(1) (iou)



pretend noun & adjective. E17.
[from the verb.]
A. noun.
The action of pretending; a pretension, an assertion. rare. Only in E17.
In (imitation of) children's use: the action or an act of pretending in imagination or play. L19.
P. Scott Occasionally I play a game of pretend in this hut..imagining it to be the palace in Jundapur.
b. attrib. or as adjective. In (imitation of) children's use: make-believe, imaginary. E20.
W. Rees-Mogg Gold is real money and paper is pretend money.

shadow 2, verb (oh)



2 v [T]
to follow someone closely in order to watch what they are doing
::Detectives shadowed him for weeks.
[usually passive] literary to cover something with a shadow, or make it dark
::a narrow street which was shadowed by a huge Catholic church