shadow

I

(New American Roget's College Thesaurus)

n. umbra, silhouette, shade; spy, follower; reflection; shelter, protection; trace, suggestion; ghost, tail (sl.); See accompaniment, imagination. —v. t. overcast, darken, shade; foreshadow, adumbrate; trail, dog, tail (sl.). See pursuit, darkness, cloudiness, copy, dimness.

II

(Roget's IV) n.

Syn. umbra, obscuration, adumbration; see darkness 1 .

• in or [m1]• under the shadow of,

Syn. threatened, in danger of, in a dangerous situation; see endangered .

v.

1. [To shade]

Syn. dim, veil, screen; see shade 1 , 2 , shelter .

2. [To follow secretly]

Syn. trail, watch, keep in sight, dog*; see pursue 1 .

III

(Roget's 3 Superthesaurus)

I

n.

1. darkness dimness, shade, gloom, cover, umbra, penumbra, silhouette.

2. trace hint, suggestion, breath.

II

v.

follow, trail, tail, track, watch.

IV

(Roget's Thesaurus II) I noun 1. Comparative darkness that results from the blocking of light rays: penumbra, shade, umbra, umbrage. See LIGHT. 2. A supernatural being, such as a ghost: apparition, bogey, bogeyman, bogle, eidolon, ghost, phantasm, phantasma, phantom, revenant, shade, specter, spirit, visitant, wraith. Informal: spook. Regional: haunt. See BEINGS, SUPERNATURAL. 3. An agent assigned to observe and report on another: watcher. Informal: tail. See INVESTIGATE. 4. A slight amount or indication: breath, dash, ghost, hair, hint, intimation, semblance, shade, soupçon, streak, suggestion, suspicion, taste, tinge, touch, trace, whiff, whisper. Informal: whisker. See BIG, SHOW. II verb 1. To shelter, especially from light: screen, shade. See PROTECTION. 2. To make dim or indistinct: becloud, bedim, befog, blear, blur, cloud, dim, dull, eclipse, fog, gloom, mist, obfuscate, obscure, overcast, overshadow. See CLEAR. 3. To make dark or darker: adumbrate, darken, shade. See LIGHT. 4. To keep (another) under surveillance by moving along behind: dog, follow, track, trail. Informal: bird-dog, tail. See PRECEDE.