Image vs. Shadow

Imagenoun

An optical or other representation of a real object; a graphic; a picture.

Imagenoun

A mental picture of something not real or not present.

Imagenoun

A statue or idol.

Imagenoun

(computing) A file that contains all information needed to produce a live working copy. (See disk image, executable image and image copy.)

Imagenoun

A characteristic of a person, group or company etc., style, manner of dress, how one is, or wishes to be, perceived by others.

Imagenoun

(mathematics) Something mapped to by a function.

Imagenoun

(mathematics) The subset of a codomain comprising those elements that are images of something.

Imagenoun

(obsolete) Show; appearance; cast.

Imageverb

(transitive) To represent by an image or symbol; to portray.

Imageverb

(transitive) To reflect, mirror.

Imageverb

(transitive) To create an image of.

Imageverb

To create a complete backup copy of a file system or other entity.

Imagenoun

An imitation, representation, or similitude of any person, thing, or act, sculptured, drawn, painted, or otherwise made perceptible to the sight; a visible presentation; a copy; a likeness; an effigy; a picture; a semblance.

Imagenoun

Hence: The likeness of anything to which worship is paid; an idol.

Imagenoun

Show; appearance; cast.

Imagenoun

A representation of anything to the mind; a picture drawn by the fancy; a conception; an idea.

Imagenoun

A picture, example, or illustration, often taken from sensible objects, and used to illustrate a subject; usually, an extended metaphor.

Imagenoun

The figure or picture of any object formed at the focus of a lens or mirror, by rays of light from the several points of the object symmetrically refracted or reflected to corresponding points in such focus; this may be received on a screen, a photographic plate, or the retina of the eye, and viewed directly by the eye, or with an eyeglass, as in the telescope and microscope; the likeness of an object formed by reflection; as, to see one's image in a mirror.

Imageverb

To represent or form an image of; as, the still lake imaged the shore; the mirror imaged her figure.

Imageverb

To represent to the mental vision; to form a likeness of by the fancy or recollection; to imagine.

Imagenoun

an iconic mental representation;

Imagenoun

a visual representation (of an object or scene or person or abstraction) produced on a surface;

Imagenoun

(Jungian psychology) a personal facade that one presents to the world;

Imagenoun

a standard or typical example;

Imagenoun

language used in a figurative or nonliteral sense

Imagenoun

someone who closely resembles a famous person (especially an actor);

Imagenoun

a representation of a person (especially in the form of sculpture);

Imageverb

imagine; conceive of; see in one's mind;

Imagenoun

a representation of the external form of a person or thing in art

Imagenoun

a visible impression obtained by a camera, telescope, microscope, or other device, or displayed on a computer or video screen

Imagenoun

an optical appearance or counterpart produced by light from an object reflected in a mirror or refracted through a lens.

Imagenoun

a point or set formed by mapping from another point or set.

Imagenoun

an exact copy of a computer's hard disk, made for backing up data or setting up new machines.

Imagenoun

a mental representation or idea

Imagenoun

a person or thing that closely resembles another

Imagenoun

semblance or likeness

Imagenoun

(in biblical use) an idol.

Imagenoun

the general impression that a person, organization, or product presents to the public

Imagenoun

a simile or metaphor

Imageverb

make a representation of the external form of

Imageverb

make a visual representation of (something) by scanning it with a detector or electromagnetic beam.

Imageverb

make an exact copy of (a computer's hard disk)

Imageverb

form a mental picture or idea of

Image

An image (from Latin: imago) is an artifact that depicts visual perception, such as a photograph or other two-dimensional picture, that resembles a subject—usually a physical object—and thus provides a depiction of it. In the context of signal processing, an image is a distributed amplitude of color(s).

Shadownoun

A dark image projected onto a surface where light (or other radiation) is blocked by the shade of an object.

Shadownoun

Relative darkness, especially as caused by the interruption of light; gloom, obscurity.

Shadownoun

(obsolete) A reflected image, as in a mirror or in water.

Shadownoun

That which looms as though a shadow.

Shadownoun

A small degree; a shade.

Shadownoun

An imperfect and faint representation.

Shadownoun

A trainee, assigned to work with an experienced officer.

Shadownoun

One who secretly or furtively follows another.

Shadownoun

A type of lettering form of word processors that makes a cubic effect.

Shadownoun

An influence, especially a pervasive or a negative one.

Shadownoun

A spirit; a ghost; a shade.

Shadownoun

An uninvited guest accompanying one who was invited.

Shadownoun

(psychology) In Jungian psychology, an unconscious aspect of the personality.

Shadowverb

To block light or radio transmission.

Shadowverb

(espionage) To secretly or discreetly track or follow another, to keep under surveillance.

Shadowverb

To accompany a professional during the working day, so as to learn about an occupation one intends to take up.

Shadowverb

(programming) To make an identifier, usually a variable, inaccessible by declaring another of the same name within the scope of the first.

Shadowverb

(computing) To apply the shadowing process to (the contents of ROM).

Shadowadjective

Unofficial, informal, unauthorized, but acting as though it were.

Shadowadjective

Having power or influence, but not widely known or recognized.

Shadowadjective

(politics) Acting in a leadership role before being formally recognized.

Shadowadjective

Part of, or related to, the opposition in government.

Shadownoun

Shade within defined limits; obscurity or deprivation of light, apparent on a surface, and representing the form of the body which intercepts the rays of light; as, the shadow of a man, of a tree, or of a tower. See the Note under Shade, n., 1.

Shadownoun

Darkness; shade; obscurity.

Shadownoun

A shaded place; shelter; protection; security.

Shadownoun

A reflected image, as in a mirror or in water.

Shadownoun

That which follows or attends a person or thing like a shadow; an inseparable companion; hence, an obsequious follower.

Shadownoun

A spirit; a ghost; a shade; a phantom.

Shadownoun

An imperfect and faint representation; adumbration; indistinct image; dim bodying forth; hence, mystical representation; type.

Shadownoun

A small degree; a shade.

Shadownoun

An uninvited guest coming with one who is invited.

Shadowverb

To cut off light from; to put in shade; to shade; to throw a shadow upon; to overspead with obscurity.

Shadowverb

To conceal; to hide; to screen.

Shadowverb

To protect; to shelter from danger; to shroud.

Shadowverb

To mark with gradations of light or color; to shade.

Shadowverb

To represent faintly or imperfectly; to adumbrate; hence, to represent typically.

Shadowverb

To cloud; to darken; to cast a gloom over.

Shadowverb

To attend as closely as a shadow; to follow and watch closely, especially in a secret or unobserved manner; as, a detective shadows a criminal.

Shadownoun

shade within clear boundaries

Shadownoun

an unilluminated area;

Shadownoun

something existing in perception only;

Shadownoun

a premonition of something adverse;

Shadownoun

an indication that something has been present;

Shadownoun

refuge from danger or observation;

Shadownoun

a dominating and pervasive presence;

Shadownoun

a spy employed to follow someone and report their movements

Shadownoun

an inseparable companion;

Shadowverb

follow, usually without the person's knowledge;

Shadowverb

cast a shadow over

Shadowverb

make appear small by comparison;

Shadow

A shadow is a dark (real image) area where light from a light source is blocked by an opaque object. It occupies all of the three-dimensional volume behind an object with light in front of it.