OZ

shadow

(34)
UK /ˈʃædəʊ/ US /ˈʃædoʊ/
noun 5verb 5adj 4name 1

Collocations

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(noun.)

ADJ

dark, dense, deep, strong

The old oak tree cast a deep shadow across the garden on sunny afternoons.

giant, long | grotesque, monstrous, sinister, strange, terrible | dancing, flickering

VERB + SHADOW

cast, make, produce, throw

The tall buildings threw long shadows across the street during the afternoon.

fill sth with ~s

The old barn was filled with dark shadows as the sun set behind the hills.

emerge from, loom up out of, step out from/of ~s

A stranger stepped out of the shadows and asked for directions to the station.

move into, shrink into, slip (back) into ~s

After the scandal, the former politician slipped back into the shadows of private life.

lurk in, wait in, watch from

The cat waited in the shadows before pouncing on the toy mouse.

SHADOW + VERB

fall, lie

As the sun set, long shadows fell across the garden wall.

get longer, lengthen

In late afternoon, the shadows got longer across the playground as children played.

dance, leap, move, pass

The shadows of the trees danced across the garden wall as the wind blew through the branches.

PREP

among the ~s

The child felt safe hiding among the shadows of the old oak tree in the garden.

in the ~s

The children played hide-and-seek, darting between the trees in the shadows.

into the ~s

The frightened cat crept into the shadows when the dog started barking loudly.

in ~

The old photograph showed a woman standing in shadow beneath the tall trees.

into ~

The tall building cast the playground into shadow during the afternoon.

from/out of the ~s

The child emerged from the shadows when she heard her mother calling her name.

through the ~s

The children ran quickly through the shadows cast by the tall trees in the park.

PHRASES

live in the shadow of sb/sth

His younger brother struggled to succeed because he lived in the shadow of their famous father.

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