Shadow

Tanımlar (İngilizce)

1. isim A dark image projected onto a surface where light (or other radiation) is blocked by the shade of an object.

   “My shadow lengthened as the sun began to set.”

2. isim Relative darkness, especially as caused by the interruption of light; gloom; obscurity.

   “I immediately jumped into shadow as I saw them approach.”

3. isim An area protected by an obstacle (likened to an object blocking out sunlight).

   “The mountains block the passage of rain-producing weather systems and cast a "shadow" of dryness behind them.”

4. isim A reflected image, as in a mirror or in water.

   “Some there be that ſhadowes kiſſe, / Such haue but a ſhadowes bliſſe.”

5. isim That which looms as though a shadow.

   “I lived in her shadow my whole life.”

6. isim A small degree; a shade.

   “He did not give even a shadow of respect to the professor.”

7. isim An imperfect and faint representation.

   “He came back from war the shadow of a man.”

8. isim A trainee, assigned to work with an experienced officer.
9. isim One who secretly or furtively follows another.

   “The constable was promoted to working as a shadow for the Royals.”

10. isim An inseparable companion.
11. isim A drop shadow effect applied to lettering in word processors etc.
12. isim An influence, especially a pervasive or a negative one.

    “Men see the institution and worship it. It is only the lengthened shadow of one man.[…]The Reformation is the shadow of Luther: Quakerism of Fox: Methodism of Wesley: Abolition of Clarkson.”

13. isim A spirit; a ghost; a shade.

    “The Baby of a Girle. Hence horrible ſhadow,”

14. isim An uninvited guest accompanying one who was invited.

    “I muſt not haue my boord peſter'd with ſhadowes, / That under other mens protection breake in / Without invitement.”

15. isim An unconscious aspect of the personality.

    “In a paper he wrote in 1939, Jung compared the shadow to Freud's concept of the unconscious.”

16. sıfat Unofficial, informal, unauthorized, but acting as though it were.

    “The human resources department has a shadow information technology group without headquarters knowledge.”

17. sıfat Having power or influence, but not widely known or recognized.

    “The director has been giving shadow leadership to the other group's project to ensure its success.”

18. sıfat Part of, or related to, the opposition in government.
19. sıfat Acting in a leadership role before being formally recognized.

    “The shadow cabinet cannot agree on the terms of the agreement due immediately after they are sworn in.”

20. fiil To shade, cloud, or darken.

    “The artist chose to shadow this corner of the painting.”

21. fiil To block light or radio transmission from.

    “Looks like that cloud's going to shadow us.”

22. fiil To secretly or discreetly track or follow another, to keep under surveillance.

    “Soon after departure, we cross the invisible border into Scotland to enjoy more stunning coastal scenery, before the line finally swings inland at Burnmouth to traverse pine-clad valleys, shadowed by the A1 trunk road until we rejoin the coast at Cove, east of Dunbar.”

23. fiil To represent faintly and imperfectly.

    “Ah, ye admonitions and warnings! why stay ye not when ye come? But rather are ye predictions than warnings, ye shadows!”

24. fiil To hide; to conceal.
25. fiil To accompany (a professional) during the working day, so as to learn about an occupation one intends to take up.

    “In most cases, interns have mainly observed, or “shadowed,” their Hands-On hosts, but some interns have been given real tasks to perform, […]”

26. fiil To make (an identifier, usually a variable) inaccessible by declaring another of the same name within the scope of the first.

    “In this snippet, inside the for loop the a and b variables shadow variables from the outer scope, and while legal, this is almost certainly a programming error.”

27. fiil To apply the shadowing process to (the contents of ROM).
28. özel isim A surname.