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Shadfly
- noun - slender insect with delicate membranous wings having an aquatic larval stage and terrestrial adult stage usually lasting less than two days
Shadier
- adjective - (of businesses and businessmen) unscrupulous; "a shady operation"
- filled with shade; "the shady side of the street"; "the surface of the pond is dark and shadowed"; "we sat on rocks in a shadowy cove"; "cool umbrageous woodlands"
- not as expected; "there was something fishy about the accident"; "up to some funny business"; "some definitely queer goings-on"; "a shady deal"; "her motives were suspect"; "suspicious behavior"
- of questionable taste or morality; "a louche nightclub"; "a louche painting"
Shading
- verb - a gradation involving small or imperceptible differences between grades
- cast a shadow over
- graded markings that indicate light or shaded areas in a drawing or painting
- pass from one quality such as color to another by a slight degree; "the butterfly wings shade to yellow"
- protect from light, heat, or view; "Shade your eyes when you step out into the bright sunlight"
- represent the effect of shade or shadow on
- vary slightly; "shade the meaning"
Shadoof
- - A machine, resembling a well sweep, used in Egypt for raising water from the Nile for irrigation.
Shadows
- noun - a dominating and pervasive presence; "he received little recognition working in the shadow of his father"
- a premonition of something adverse; "a shadow over his happiness"
- a spy employed to follow someone and report their movements
- an indication that something has been present; "there wasn't a trace of evidence for the claim"; "a tincture of condescension"
- an inseparable companion; "the poor child was his mother's shadow"
- an unilluminated area; "he moved off into the darkness"
- cast a shadow over
- follow, usually without the person's knowledge; "The police are shadowing her"
- make appear small by comparison; "This year's debt dwarfs that of last year"
- refuge from danger or observation; "he felt secure in his father's shadow"
- shade within clear boundaries
- something existing in perception only; "a ghostly apparition at midnight"
Shadowy
- adjective - filled with shade; "the shady side of the street"; "the surface of the pond is dark and shadowed"; "we sat on rocks in a shadowy cove"; "cool umbrageous woodlands"
- lacking clarity or distinctness;
- lacking in substance; "strange fancies of unreal and shadowy worlds"- W.A.Butler; "dim shadowy forms"; "a wraithlike column of smoke"
Shaffle
- - To hobble or limp; to shuffle.
Shafted
- verb - defeat someone through trickery or deceit
- equip with a shaft