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This tool relates English terms to concepts from the SUMO ontology by means of mappings to WordNet synsets.

According to WordNet, the noun "shadow" has 9 sense(s).

107522418 a premonition of something adverse; "a shadow over his happiness".

110585359 an inseparable companion; "the poor child was his mother's shadow".

110689104 a spy employed to follow someone and report their movements.

108646306 an unilluminated area; "he moved off into the darkness".

113959642 a dominating and pervasive presence; "he received little recognition working in the shadow of his father".

105897553 something existing in perception only; "a ghostly apparition at midnight".

106646628 an indication that something has been present; "there wasn't a trace of evidence for the claim"; "a tincture of condescension".

105155349 refuge from danger or observation; "he felt secure in his father's shadow".

113984944 shade within clear boundaries.

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