1. refuge from danger or observation; "he felt secure in his father''s shadow"
2. something existing in perception only; "a ghostly apparition at midnight"
3. an indication that something has been present; "there wasn''t a trace of evidence for the claim"; "a tincture of condescension"
4. a premonition of something adverse; "a shadow over his happiness"
5. an unilluminated area; "he moved off into the darkness"
6. an inseparable companion; "the poor child was his mother''s shadow"
7. a spy employed to follow someone and report their movements
8. a dominating and pervasive presence; "he received little recognition working in the shadow of his father"
9. shade within clear boundaries
10. follow, usually without the person''s knowledge; "The police are shadowing her"
11. make appear small by comparison; "This year''s debt dwarves that of last year"
12. cast a shadow over

Similar Words: apparition, phantom, phantasm, phantasma, trace, vestige, tincture, darkness, dark, tail, shadower, overshadow, dwarf, shade, shade off

Hyponyms: unidentified flying object, UFO, flying saucer, Flying Dutchman, ghost, shade, spook, wraith, specter, spectre, footprint, umbra, penumbra

Derivational Morphology: shade, shade off, chase, chase after, trail, tail, tag, give chase, dog, go after, track, overshadow, dwarf, shadower, shadowing, tailing, midget, nanus, shadiness, shadowiness, darkness, dark