Shad″ow, v. t. [imp. & p. p.Shadowed (?); p. pr. & vb. n.Shadowing.] [OE. shadowen, AS. sceadwian. See adow, n.] 1. To cut off light from; to put in shade; to shade; to throw a shadow upon; to overspead with obscurity.
The warlike elf much wondered at this tree,
So fair and great, that shadowed all the ground. Spenser.
2. To conceal; to hide; to screen.
Let every soldier hew him down a bough.
And bear't before him; thereby shall we shadow
The numbers of our host. Shak.
3. To protect; to shelter from danger; to shroud.
Shadowing their right under your wings of war. Shak.
4. To mark with gradations of light or color; to shade.
5. To represent faintly or imperfectly; to adumbrate; hence, to represent typically.
Augustus is shadowed in the person of Æneas. Dryden.
6. To cloud; to darken; to cast a gloom over.
The shadowed livery of the burnished sun. Shak.
Why sad?
I must not see the face O love thus shadowed. Beau. & Fl.
7. To attend as closely as a shadow; to follow and watch closely, especially in a secret or unobserved manner; as, a detective shadows a criminal.