Overshadow

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  • transitive verb. To cast a shadow over; darken or obscure.
  • transitive verb. To make insignificant by comparison; dominate.
    • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • To throw a shadow over; overshade; shade.
  • To shelter; protect; cover with protecting influence.
    • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • transitive verb. To throw a shadow, or shade, over; to darken; to obscure.
  • transitive verb. To cover with a superior influence; to be viewed as more important than.
  • transitive verb. To cause to be sad or disappointing; to cast a sad shadow on.
    • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • verb. To obscure something by casting a shadow.
  • verb. To dominate something and make it seem insignificant.
    • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • verb. be greater in significance than
  • verb. cast a shadow upon
  • verb. make appear small by comparison
    • Word Usage
    "The word overshadow here means, rather, to be diffused or spread over them."
    Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    brood  bulk large  command  dominate  hover  
    Rhyme
    Words with the same terminal sound
    Colorado  foreshadow  
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    adumbrate  becloud  bedarken  bedim  befog  
    verb-form
    overshadowed  overshadowing  overshadows  
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