2  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  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. 
 
  The  warlike  elf  much  wondered  at  this  tree,  So  fair 
  and  great,  that  shadowed  all  the  ground.  --Spenser. 
 
  2.  To  conceal;  to  hide;  to  screen.  [R.] 
 
  Let  every  soldier  hew  him  down  a  bough.  And  bear't 
  before  him  thereby  shall  we  shadow  The  numbers  of 
  our  host.  --Shak. 
 
  3.  To  protect;  to  shelter  from  danger;  to  shroud. 
 
  Shadowing  their  right  under  your  wings  of  war. 
  --Shak. 
 
  4.  To  mark  with  gradations  of  light  or  color;  to  shade. 
 
  5.  To  represent  faintly  or  imperfectly;  to  adumbrate;  hence 
  to  represent  typically. 
 
  Augustus  is  shadowed  in  the  person  of  [AE]neas. 
  --Dryden. 
 
  6.  To  cloud;  to  darken;  to  cast  a  gloom  over 
 
  The  shadowed  livery  of  the  burnished  sun.  --Shak. 
 
  Why  sad?  I  must  not  see  the  face  O  love  thus 
  shadowed.  --Beau.  &  Fl 
 
  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. 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [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}] 

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