overshadow
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Definition of overshadow
3 senses · 1 part of speech · etymology included
verb
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(transitive)To obscure something by casting a shadow.
“While he thus ſpake, there came a cloud, and ouerſhadowed them, ⁊ they feared, as they entred into the cloude.”
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verb
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(transitive)To obscure something by casting a shadow.
“While he thus ſpake, there came a cloud, and ouerſhadowed them, ⁊ they feared, as they entred into the cloude.”
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(transitive)To dominate something and make it seem insignificant.
“A branch of rail transport that seems to been rather neglected by historians is that concerned with cliff railways, of which a fair number exist in Great Britain. This is probably because these lines are overshadowed by the more spectacular funicular railways in Switzerland and other mountainous regions; perhaps, too, because of the general habit of referring to them as "cliff lifts," which tends to associate them with the vertical indoor type.”
“This is itself a cheerless spot, particularly on a rainy day, when, overshadowed by the great massif of rock that towers in the background, and surrounded by the grey and cheerless quarries, it has a depressing character much in contrast with the green verdure encountered on the northern end of this interesting branch line.”
“President Obama gave an important press conference today and even took questions from the press, but all of this was overshadowed by the fact that Obama debuted one of the ugliest suits in the history of this great nation.”
“It’s surely consequential that Jon has a claim to the throne, whether he knows about it or not, but all of that is overshadowed by his immediate circumstances, which are that Jon Snow is leading a raiding party beyond the Wall to kidnap a wight.”
- (transitive)To shelter or protect.
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Etymology
From Middle English overschadwen, overschadewe, from Old English ofersċeadwian (“to overshadow”), equivalent to over- + shadow. Compare with West Frisian oerskaduwe (“to overshadow”), Dutch overschaduwen (“to overshadow”), German überschatten (“to overshadow”), Gothic 𐌿𐍆𐌰𐍂𐍃𐌺𐌰𐌳𐍅𐌾𐌰𐌽 (ufarskadwjan, “to overshadow”), and more distantly, Old Norse yfirskyggja (“to overshadow”), Danish overskygge (“to overshadow”), Swedish överskugga (“to overshadow”), Old English ofersċūwan (“to overshadow”).
Words you can make from overshadow
200+ playable · top: HAREWOODS (16 pts)
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3 words7-letter words
12 words6-letter words
60 words- WHARVE 15 pts
- AVOWED 13 pts
- HOOVED 13 pts
- SHADOW 13 pts
- SHAVED 13 pts
- SHAWED 13 pts
- SHOVED 13 pts
- SHOWED 13 pts
- SHREWD 13 pts
- WASHED 13 pts
- WHORED 13 pts
- AVOWER 12 pts
- HAVERS 12 pts
- HAWSER 12 pts
- HOOVER 12 pts
- HOOVES 12 pts
- HOVERS 12 pts
- REAVOW 12 pts
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- SHOVER 12 pts
- SHOWER 12 pts
- SHROVE 12 pts
- VOWERS 12 pts
- WAHOOS 12 pts
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- DOWSER 10 pts
- DROVES 10 pts
- DROWSE 10 pts
- HOARDS 10 pts
- HORDES 10 pts
- HORSED 10 pts
- OVERDO 10 pts
- REDOWA 10 pts
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- VADOSE 10 pts
- WADERS 10 pts
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- HOARSE 9 pts
- WOOERS 9 pts
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- OREADS 7 pts
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5-letter words
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- HAWED 12 pts
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- WAHOO 11 pts
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- SHADE 9 pts
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- SHERO 8 pts
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- SOAVE 8 pts
- SOWAR 8 pts
- SOWER 8 pts
- SWARE 8 pts
- SWEAR 8 pts
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- VERSO 8 pts
- WARES 8 pts
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- DOERS 6 pts
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- SAROD 6 pts
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- AROSE 5 pts
- ROOSE 5 pts
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