Tikibu: pronunciation dictionary with use examples

Word: shadow
IPA transcription: [ʃ'æd,oʊ]
Pronunciations of shadow
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noun meaning of the word
  • Synonyms: shadow
    Meaning: shade within clear boundaries
  • Synonyms: darkness, dark, shadow
    Meaning: an unilluminated area; "he moved off into the darkness"
  • Synonyms: apparition, phantom, phantasm, phantasma, fantasm, shadow
    Meaning: something existing in perception only; "a ghostly apparition at midnight"
  • Synonyms: shadow
    Meaning: a premonition of something adverse; "a shadow over his happiness"
  • Synonyms: trace, vestige, tincture, shadow
    Meaning: an indication that something has been present; "there wasn't a trace of evidence for the claim"; "a tincture of condescension"
  • Synonyms: shadow
    Meaning: refuge from danger or observation; "he felt secure in his father's shadow"
verb meaning of the word
  • Synonyms: shadow
    Meaning: follow, usually without the person's knowledge; "The police are shadowing her"
Usage examples
  • That's the shadow!
  • "That isn't a shadow.
  • His face dismissed its shadow
  • THE SHADOW OF THE THUNDER-OAK
  • In shadow, I could see them smile.
  • In shadow, I could hear them talk.
  • Like a shadow never to be overtaken
  • "But I will go first!" said the shadow.
  • Like a shadow on a fair sunlit landscape
  • But in the hour of triumph a shadow falls.
0. Word pronunciation is derived from article recording Janus (moon), License CC BY-SA 4.0
1. Word pronunciation is derived from article recording George VI, License CC BY-SA 4.0
2. Word pronunciation is derived from article recording The Raven, License CC BY-SA 4.0
3. Word pronunciation is derived from article recording J. R. R. Tolkien, License CC BY-SA 4.0
4. Word pronunciation is derived from article recording Final Fantasy VI, License CC BY-SA 4.0
5. Word pronunciation is derived from article recording Jack the Ripper, License CC BY-SA 4.0
6. Word pronunciation is derived from article recording George Lansbury, License CC BY-SA 4.0