Shadowed

2 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Shadow \Shad"ow\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Shadowed}; p. pr. & vb.
     n. {Shadowing}.] [OE. shadowen, AS. sceadwian. See {adow},
     n.]
     1. To cut off light from; to put in shade; to shade; to throw
        a shadow upon; to overspead with obscurity.
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              The warlike elf much wondered at this tree,
              So fair and great, that shadowed all the ground.
                                                    --Spenser.
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     2. To conceal; to hide; to screen. [R.]
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              Let every soldier hew him down a bough.
              And bear't before him; thereby shall we shadow
              The numbers of our host.              --Shak.
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     3. To protect; to shelter from danger; to shroud.
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              Shadowing their right under your wings of war.
                                                    --Shak.
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     4. To mark with gradations of light or color; to shade.
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     5. To represent faintly or imperfectly; to adumbrate; hence,
        to represent typically.
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              Augustus is shadowed in the person of [AE]neas.
                                                    --Dryden.
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     6. To cloud; to darken; to cast a gloom over.
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              The shadowed livery of the burnished sun. --Shak.
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              Why sad?
              I must not see the face O love thus shadowed.
                                                    --Beau. & Fl.
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     7. To attend as closely as a shadow; to follow and watch
        closely, especially in a secret or unobserved manner; as,
        a detective shadows a criminal.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  shadowed
       adj : filled with shade; "the shady side of the street"; "the
             surface of the pond is dark and shadowed"; "we sat on
             rocks in a shadowy cove"; "cool umbrageous woodlands"
             [syn: {shady}, {shadowy}, {umbrageous}]