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Moderateshadows
The correct spelling is shadows.
How to pronounce shadows
/ˈʃædəʊz/
nounIPA: /ˈʃædəʊz/
Say it like: Sha-dow-s
The correct spelling is shadows. A dark image projected onto a surface where light (or other radiation) is blocked by the shade of an object. For example: "My shadow lengthened as the sun began to set."
Usage Examples
“My shadow lengthened as the sun began to set.”
“I immediately jumped into shadow as I saw them approach.”
“The mountains block the passage of rain-producing weather systems and cast a "shadow" of dryness behind them.”
Meanings
noun
- 1.A dark image projected onto a surface where light (or other radiation) is blocked by the shade of an object.
- 2.Relative darkness, especially as caused by the interruption of light; gloom, obscurity.
- 3.A area protected by an obstacle (likened to an object blocking out sunlight).
- 4.A reflected image, as in a mirror or in water.
- 5.That which looms as though a shadow.
verb
- 1.To shade, cloud or darken.
- 2.To block light or radio transmission from.
- 3.To secretly or discreetly track or follow another, to keep under surveillance.
- 4.To represent faintly and imperfectly.
- 5.To hide; to conceal.
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