overshadow
English
/ˌəʊ.vəˈʃæd.əʊ/, /ˌoʊ.vɚˈʃæd.oʊ/
verb
Definitions
- (transitive) To obscure something by casting a shadow.
- (transitive) To dominate something and make it seem insignificant.
- (transitive) To shelter or protect.
Etymology
Inherited from Middle English overshadwen inherited from Old English ofersceadwian prefix from English shadow.
Origin
English
shadow
Gloss
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- antishadow English
- beshade English
- beshadow English
- chromoshadow English
- enshadow English
- eyeshadow English
- foreshadow English
- nonshadow English
- outshadow English
- overshadower English
- overshadowest English
- overshadoweth English
- rainshadow English
- shadow English
- shadowable English
- shadowban English
- shadowboxer English
- shadowboxing English
- shadowcast English
- shadowcasting English
- shadower English
- shadowest English
- shadoweth English
- shadowgram English
- shadowgraph English
- shadowish English
- shadowland English
- shadowless English
- shadowlike English
- shadowy English
- supershadow English
- unshadow English
- Schatten German
- überschatten German
- overschaduwen Dutch, Flemish
- schaduw Dutch, Flemish
- ofersceadwian Old English
- sċeadwian Old English
- overshadwen Middle English
- schadowe Middle English
- *𐍃𐌺𐌰𐌳𐍅𐌾𐌰𐌽 Gothic
- 𐌿𐍆𐌰𐍂𐍃𐌺𐌰𐌳𐍅𐌾𐌰𐌽 Gothic
- shadow
- shadowy
- beshade
- enshadow
- unshadow
- shadower
- beshadow
- shadowish
- shadowest
- nonshadow
- outshadow
- shadowban
- shadoweth
- eyeshadow
- antishadow
- rainshadow
- shadowland
- shadowlike
- shadowless
- shadowable
- shadowcast
- shadowgram
- foreshadow
- supershadow
- shadowboxer
- shadowgraph
- overshadower
- shadowboxing
- chromoshadow
- overshadoweth
- shadowcasting
- overshadowest