Overshadow
[əʊvə'ʃædəʊ] or ['ovɚ'ʃædo]
Definition
(verb.) cast a shadow upon; 'The tall tree overshadowed the house'.
(verb.) be greater in significance than; 'the tragedy overshadowed the couple's happiness'.
Checker: Tina--From WordNet
Definition
(v. t.) To throw a shadow, or shade, over; to darken; to obscure.
(v. t.) Fig.: To cover with a superior influence.
Inputed by Dennis
Definition
v.t. to throw a shadow over: to shelter or protect.
Edited by Clare
Examples
- From it sprang that tree of Christianity whose broad arms overshadow so many distant lands to-day. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
- Then arose Thebes, a city not fifty miles from Athens, to overshadow Sparta. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- In her old age she saw Rome built; she saw it overshadow the world with its power; she saw it perish. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
- They were warlike little nations and defied, in those days, governments that overshadow them now as mountains overshadow molehills. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
- Gnarled and twisted trees spring from the old walls every where, and beautify and overshadow the gray battlements with a wild luxuriance of foliage. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
- The shade was screwed down so as to overshadow her face. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
- A great square house, with a heavy portico darkening the principal windows, as its master's heavy brows overshadowed his eyes. Charles Dickens. Hard Times.
- It was overshadowed by a dome so mighty that its own height was snubbed. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
- His chin dropped upon his hand, and his white hair overshadowed his face: Have you spoken to Lucie? Charles Dickens. A Tale of Two Cities.
- The period of which I write was an overshadowed one in British history, and especially in the history of the northern provinces. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- For a time this new acquirement seems to have overshadowed their earlier achievement of drawing, and possibly it checked the use of gesture. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- Oh, well, no wonder mine were overshadowed by Beaufort's, said Archer irritably. Edith Wharton. The Age of Innocence.
- A landing-place overshadowed by a willow, and a pleasure-boat lying moored there among some stakes, caught his eye as he passed along. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- There was a large beech-tree overshadowing the place, and the small, sharp, triangular beech-nuts lay scattered thickly on the ground. Harriet Beecher Stowe. Uncle Tom's Cabin.
- I would say: I saw there a country which has no overshadowing Mother Church, and yet the people survive. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
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