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• the children were having fun, chasing each other's shadows.
• the ship's sail cast a shadow on the water.
• the shadows lengthened as the sun went down.
• he didn't want to cast a shadow on (= spoil) their happiness.

shadow

1. the dark shape that somebody/something’s form makes on a surface, for example on the ground, when they are between the light and the surface
• The children were having fun, chasing each other's shadows.
• The ship's sail cast a shadow on the water.
• The shadows lengthened as the sun went down.
• He didn't want to cast a shadow on (= spoil) their happiness.
• Let’s sit in the shade for a while.
• As the sun went down we cast long shadows on the lawn.
• Her face was in deep shadow.
2. darkness in a place or on something, especially so that you cannot easily see who or what is there
• His face was deep in shadow, turned away from her.
• I thought I saw a figure standing in the shadows.
• Let’s sit in the shade for a while.
• As the sun went down we cast long shadows on the lawn.
• Her face was in deep shadow.
3. a very small amount of something
• synonym hint
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• A shadow of a smile touched his mouth.
• She knew beyond a shadow of a doubt (= with no doubt at all) that he was lying.
4. the strong (usually bad) influence of somebody/something
• The new leader wants to escape from the shadow of his predecessor.
• These people have been living for years under the shadow of fear.
5. dark areas under somebody’s eyes, because they are tired, etc.
• She looked pale, with deep shadows under her eyes.
6. a person or an animal that follows somebody else all the time
7. a thing that is not real or possible to obtain
• You can't spend all your life chasing shadows.
8. to be very easily frightened; to be very nervous
• See related entries: Fear
  https://www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/topic/fear/shadow
9. to not have the strength, influence, etc. that you used to have
• When his career ended, he became a shadow of his former self.
10. very close to
• The new market is in the shadow of the City Hall.
11. when you say that somebody is in/under the shadow of another person, you mean that they do not receive as much attention as that person
• A younger son often lives in the shadow of his elder brother.

Extra Examples

• A dark shadow loomed over her.
• A huge figure stepped out of the shadows.
• As the shadows lengthened, the men drifted home for their tea.
• Deep shadows lay across the small clearing where they sat.
• His face was in shadow.
• I backed into the shadows until the car had passed.
• I could just make out a figure in the shadows.
• She had always lived in the shadow of her older sister.
• She shrank back into the shadows as the footsteps approached.
• Suddenly a huge figure loomed up out of the shadows.
• Suddenly a large figure emerged from the shadows.
• The boat’s sail cast a shadow on the water.
• The candles on the table threw huge flickering shadows against the wall.
• The evening shadows were beginning to fall.
• The house lay in dark shadow.
• The industry is a pale shadow of its former self.
• The shadows of the clouds passed over us.
• The storm clouds threw the mountain peaks into dense shadow.
• The streets were now filled with terrible shadows.
• Use a desk light to produce a strong shadow.
• an odd shape among the shadows
• criminals lurking in the shadows
• the fears that kept crowding in on her as she hurried through the shadows
• the flickering shadows of the flames
• As he stood still I traced the outline of his shadow on the wall.
• His face was deep in shadow, turned away from her.
• She lay on the bed in a pool of shadow.
• The children were having fun, chasing each other’s shadows.

Word Origin

• Old English scead(u)we (noun), oblique case of sceadu (see shade), sceadwian ‘screen or shield from attack’, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch schaduw and German Schatten (nouns), from an Indo-European root shared by Greek skotos ‘darkness’.