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shadow verb.

verb trans. Shelter or protect as with covering wings. Formerly also, screen or shield from attack etc., put under patronage. Now usu. foll. by over. obsolete exc. poet. OE.
verb trans. Protect or shelter from the sun; shade. Now rare or obsolete. LME.
a. verb trans. Cast a shadow on; cover, darken, or obscure (as) with a shadow. LME.
Southey Dark battalions..Shadowing the distant plain. W. Boyd Her face was shadowed by a wide straw hat.
b. verb intrans. Cast a shadow. Now rare. LME.
c. verb intrans. Grow dark or gloomy. Now rare. L19.
verb trans. Intercept or dim the light of (the sun etc.). LME-M17.
verb trans. Hide or conceal from knowledge. LME-E17.
verb trans. Represent, symbolize; illustrate roughly, outline, sketch out. Now freq. foll. by out, forth. L16.
verb trans. Portray, paint the likeness of; draw, paint, (a picture). L16-M17.
verb trans. Depict shadow in or on; shade or tint with pencil, colour, etc. L16-E19.
a. verb trans. Follow and watch (a person etc.), now esp. secretly, in order to provide protection or gain information. E17.
M. Holroyd She would arrange for him to be shadowed by a private detective.
b. verb trans. & intrans. Repeat (another's words) with the minimum of delay, as a treatment for stuttering in speech therapy. M20.
c. verb trans. & intrans. Of a politician: act as a shadow to (a parliamentary minister etc.). M20.
d. verb trans. Accompany (a person) at his or her place of work as a shadow. L20.
verb intrans. Shade to or into a certain colour. Formerly also, be tinged with a darker colour; agree in colour with; border or verge on in colour. M17.
verb trans. Microscopy. Subject (a specimen) to the process of shadow-casting. M20.
shadowing noun the action of the verb; an instance of this; spec. (a) a shadow, shadows cast; (b) the placing or distribution of shadow; shading in a drawing or picture: OE.