Talk:shadow

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Missing figurative senses?[edit]

Chambers 1908 has "shelter; security; favour". Equinox 06:23, 24 April 2020 (UTC)Reply

shadows[edit]

shadows [plural]: dark areas under somebody’s eyes, because they are tired, etc.

She looked pale, with deep shadows under her eyes.
https://www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/definition/english/shadow_1?q=shadows

--Backinstadiums (talk) 16:26, 15 August 2020 (UTC)Reply

[singular] shadow of something[edit]

[singular] shadow of something a very small amount of something
https://www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/definition/english/shadow_1?q=shadow

--Backinstadiums (talk) 16:36, 15 August 2020 (UTC)Reply

Sense 6. – Jberkel 09:46, 4 August 2021 (UTC)Reply