shadow

US /ˈʃædo/

UK /'ʃædəʊ/

A2

verb

  • To cover something with shade
  • To secretly follow a person

noun

  • Person who follows another person to observe them
  • Area of darkness that is caused by blocked light

Examples

The evening shadows were beginning to fall. Deep shadows lay across the small clearing where they sat.

As the shadows lengthened, the men drifted home for their tea.