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shadow
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Sense: Noun: shade

Synonyms:

shade , shadiness, umbra, penumbra, silhouette, outline

Sense: Noun: darkness - often plural

Synonyms:

darkness , dark , blackness, black , gloom , murk, shade , night , twilight , half-light, dusk

Sense: Noun: vestige

Synonyms:

vestige, ghost , echo , trace , relic

Sense: Noun: ghost

Synonyms:

ghost , phantom, spirit , apparition, shade , specter, spectre (UK), wraith

Sense: Noun: small amount

Synonyms:

bit , tad, touch , smidgen, shred , speck , hint , trace , iota, ounce , crumb , modicum, suggestion , tinge, glimmer

Sense: Verb: darken

Synonyms:

darken, blacken, dim , shade , cast a shadow over

Sense: Verb: shade or cover

Synonyms:

shade , cover , cloud , shield

Sense: Verb: follow secretly

Synonyms:

follow , trail , tail , pursue , dog , stalk , chase , hound , track

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'shadow' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):

apparition - appearance - blind - cloud - darken - detective - dog - eclipse - figure - follow - ghost - grain - minimum - mist - overshadow - pursue - shade - shred - silhouette - soul - spirit - stalk - tag - tail - take out after - trace - track - track down - trail - umbrage - whisper - will-o'-the-wisp

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