# shade within clear boundaries
# darkness: an unilluminated area; "he moved off into the darkness"
# apparition: something existing in perception only; "a ghostly apparition at midnight"
# a premonition of something adverse; "a shadow over his happiness"
# trace: an indication that something has been present; "there wasn't a trace of evidence for the claim"; "a tincture of condescension"
# refuge from danger or observation; "he felt secure in his father's shadow"
# follow, usually without the person's knowledge; "The police are shadowing her"
# a dominating and pervasive presence; "he received little recognition working in the shadow of his father"
# tail: a spy employed to follow someone and report their movements
# make appear small by comparison; "This year's debt dwarfs that of last year"
# an inseparable companion; "the poor child was his mother's shadow"