- shadow
- {{Roman}}I.{{/Roman}} nounADJECTIVE▪ dark, deep, dense, strong▪
The house lay in dark shadow.
▪ black▪ faint, pale (figurative)▪The industry is a pale shadow of its former self.
▪ giant, long▪ eerie, sinister, strange, terrible▪ dancing, flickering▪the flickering shadows of the flames
VERB + SHADOW▪ cast, create, make, produce, throw▪The boat's sail cast a shadow on the water.
▪Use a desk light to produce a strong shadow.
▪The candles on the table threw huge flickering shadows against the wall.
▪ fill sth with shadows▪The streets were now filled with terrible shadows.
▪ emerge from, move out of, step out from, step out of▪Suddenly a large figure emerged from the shadows.
▪ move into, shrink into, slip into▪She shrank back into the shadows as the footsteps approached.
▪ lurk in, wait in, watch from▪criminals lurking in the shadows
SHADOW + VERB▪ fall, lie▪The evening shadows were beginning to fall.
▪Deep shadows lay across the small clearing where they sat.
▪ get longer, grow longer, lengthen▪As the shadows lengthened, the men drifted home.
▪ creep, move, pass▪The shadows of the clouds passed over us.
▪ loom▪A dark shadow loomed over her.
▪ dance, flicker, leap▪A dark shadow leaped out of nowhere.
PREPOSITION▪ among the shadows▪an odd shape among the shadows
▪ in the shadows▪I could just make out a figure in the shadows.
▪ into the shadows▪I backed into the shadows until the car had passed.
▪ in shadow▪His face was in shadow.
▪ into shadow▪The storm clouds threw the mountains into deep shadow.
▪ from the shadows, out of the shadows▪A huge figure stepped out of the shadows.
▪ through the shadows▪the fears that kept crowding in on her as she hurried through the shadows
PHRASES▪ live in the shadow of sb/sth (figurative)▪{{Roman}}II.{{/Roman}}She had always lived in the shadow of her older sister.
adj.
Collocations dictionary. 2013.
