"overshadow" meaning in English

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Verb

IPA: /ˌəʊ.vəˈʃæd.əʊ/ [Received-Pronunciation], /ˌoʊ.vɚˈʃæd.oʊ/ [US] Audio: en-us-overshadow.ogg [US], en-au-overshadow.ogg [Australia] Forms: overshadows [present, singular, third-person], overshadowing [participle, present], overshadowed [participle, past], overshadowed [past]
Rhymes: -ædəʊ Etymology: From Middle English overshadwen, overshadewen, from Old English ofersċeadwian (“to overshadow”), equivalent to over- + shadow. Cognate with West Frisian oerskaduwe (“to overshadow”), Dutch overschaduwen (“to overshadow”), German überschatten (“to overshadow”), Gothic 𐌿𐍆𐌰𐍂𐍃𐌺𐌰𐌳𐍅𐌾𐌰𐌽 (ufarskadwjan, “to overshadow”). Compare also Old Norse yfirskyggja (“to overshadow”), Danish overskygge (“to overshadow”), Swedish överskugga (“to overshadow”), Old English ofersċūwan (“to overshadow”). Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|overshadwen}} Middle English overshadwen, {{m|enm|overshadewen}} overshadewen, {{inh|en|ang|ofersċeadwian|t=to overshadow}} Old English ofersċeadwian (“to overshadow”), {{pre|en|over|shadow|pos=verb}} over- + shadow, {{cog|fy|oerskaduwe|t=to overshadow}} West Frisian oerskaduwe (“to overshadow”), {{cog|nl|overschaduwen|t=to overshadow}} Dutch overschaduwen (“to overshadow”), {{cog|de|überschatten|t=to overshadow}} German überschatten (“to overshadow”), {{cog|got|𐌿𐍆𐌰𐍂𐍃𐌺𐌰𐌳𐍅𐌾𐌰𐌽|t=to overshadow}} Gothic 𐌿𐍆𐌰𐍂𐍃𐌺𐌰𐌳𐍅𐌾𐌰𐌽 (ufarskadwjan, “to overshadow”), {{cog|non|yfirskyggja|t=to overshadow}} Old Norse yfirskyggja (“to overshadow”), {{cog|da|overskygge|t=to overshadow}} Danish overskygge (“to overshadow”), {{cog|sv|överskugga|t=to overshadow}} Swedish överskugga (“to overshadow”), {{cog|ang|ofersċūwan|t=to overshadow}} Old English ofersċūwan (“to overshadow”) Head templates: {{en-verb}} overshadow (third-person singular simple present overshadows, present participle overshadowing, simple past and past participle overshadowed)
  1. (transitive) To obscure something by casting a shadow. Tags: transitive Translations (to cast a shadow over something): κατασκιάζω (kataskiázō) (Ancient Greek), засенчвам (zasenčvam) (Bulgarian), zastínit (Czech), overskygge (Danish), ombri (Esperanto), varjostaa (Finnish), ombrager (French), überschatten (German), beárnyékol (Hungarian), árnyékot vet (Hungarian), árnyékba borít (Hungarian), scáil a chaitheamh ar (Irish), obumbrō (Latin), umbrō (Latin), obumbren (Middle English), overskygge (Norwegian), ocieniać [imperfective] (Polish), ocienić [perfective] (Polish), затмева́ть (zatmevátʹ) (Russian), заслоня́ть (zaslonjátʹ) (Russian), zasjeniti (Serbo-Croatian), asombrar [uncommon] (Spanish), ensombrecer (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-overshadow-en-verb-ShsWqfN0 Disambiguation of 'to cast a shadow over something': 75 15 10
  2. (transitive) To dominate something and make it seem insignificant. Tags: transitive Synonyms (dominate): eclipse, outshadow, outshine, outdo, put to shame, upstage, surpass, outmatch, outstrip, dwarf Translations (to dominate something and make it seem insignificant): غَطَّى (ḡaṭṭā) (Arabic), засенчвам (zasenčvam) (Bulgarian), eclipsar (Catalan), fer ombra (Catalan), zastínit (Czech), overskygge (Danish), overschaduwen (Dutch), eklipsi (Esperanto), jättää varjoonsa (Finnish), éclipser (la gloire, une personne) (French), გადაფარავს (gadaparavs) (Georgian), überschatten (German), elhomályosít (Hungarian), háttérbe szorít (Hungarian), megszégyenít (Hungarian), felülmúl (Hungarian), sarú (Irish), obumbren (Middle English), overskygge (Norwegian), zaćmiewać [imperfective] (Polish), zaćmić [perfective] (Polish), eclipsar (Portuguese), ofuscar (Portuguese), затмева́ть (zatmevátʹ) (Russian), заслоня́ть (zaslonjátʹ) (Russian), превосходить (prevosxoditʹ) (alt: делая менее заметным, значимым) (Russian), zasjeniti (Serbo-Croatian), eclipsar (persona, éxito) (Spanish), deslucir (ocasión) (Spanish), opacar (Spanish), överskugga (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-overshadow-en-verb-wA0Em3u4 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with language name categories using raw markup, English verbs prefixed with over- Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 17 64 19 Disambiguation of English entries with language name categories using raw markup: 12 74 14 Disambiguation of English verbs prefixed with over-: 31 40 30 Disambiguation of 'dominate': 11 75 14 Disambiguation of 'to dominate something and make it seem insignificant': 1 96 2
  3. (transitive) To shelter or protect. Tags: transitive
    Sense id: en-overshadow-en-verb-XDdSuV7U

Inflected forms

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          "sense": "to cast a shadow over something",
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          "sense": "to cast a shadow over something",
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          "code": "ru",
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          "roman": "zatmevátʹ",
          "sense": "to cast a shadow over something",
          "word": "затмева́ть"
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          "_dis1": "75 15 10",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "zaslonjátʹ",
          "sense": "to cast a shadow over something",
          "word": "заслоня́ть"
        },
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          "_dis1": "75 15 10",
          "code": "sh",
          "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
          "sense": "to cast a shadow over something",
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          "_dis1": "75 15 10",
          "code": "es",
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          "sense": "to cast a shadow over something",
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          "sense": "to cast a shadow over something",
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          "ref": "1951 August, P. W. Gentry, “Cliff Railways”, in Railway Magazine, page 514",
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          "ref": "2017 August 13, Brandon Nowalk, “Oldtown offers one last game-changing secret as Game Of Thrones goes behind enemy lines (newbies)”, in The Onion AV Club",
          "text": "It’s surely consequential that Jon has a claim to the throne, whether he knows about it or not, but all of that is overshadowed by his immediate circumstances, which are that Jon Snow is leading a raiding party beyond the Wall to kidnap a wight.",
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          "_dis1": "11 75 14",
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          "word": "eclipse"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "11 75 14",
          "sense": "dominate",
          "word": "outshadow"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "11 75 14",
          "sense": "dominate",
          "word": "outshine"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "11 75 14",
          "sense": "dominate",
          "word": "outdo"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "11 75 14",
          "sense": "dominate",
          "word": "put to shame"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "11 75 14",
          "sense": "dominate",
          "word": "upstage"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "11 75 14",
          "sense": "dominate",
          "word": "surpass"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "11 75 14",
          "sense": "dominate",
          "word": "outmatch"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "11 75 14",
          "sense": "dominate",
          "word": "outstrip"
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          "word": "dwarf"
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          "_dis1": "1 96 2",
          "code": "ar",
          "lang": "Arabic",
          "roman": "ḡaṭṭā",
          "sense": "to dominate something and make it seem insignificant",
          "word": "غَطَّى"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 96 2",
          "code": "bg",
          "lang": "Bulgarian",
          "roman": "zasenčvam",
          "sense": "to dominate something and make it seem insignificant",
          "word": "засенчвам"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 96 2",
          "code": "ca",
          "lang": "Catalan",
          "sense": "to dominate something and make it seem insignificant",
          "word": "eclipsar"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 96 2",
          "code": "ca",
          "lang": "Catalan",
          "sense": "to dominate something and make it seem insignificant",
          "word": "fer ombra"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 96 2",
          "code": "cs",
          "lang": "Czech",
          "sense": "to dominate something and make it seem insignificant",
          "word": "zastínit"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 96 2",
          "code": "da",
          "lang": "Danish",
          "sense": "to dominate something and make it seem insignificant",
          "word": "overskygge"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 96 2",
          "code": "nl",
          "lang": "Dutch",
          "sense": "to dominate something and make it seem insignificant",
          "word": "overschaduwen"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 96 2",
          "code": "eo",
          "lang": "Esperanto",
          "sense": "to dominate something and make it seem insignificant",
          "word": "eklipsi"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 96 2",
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "to dominate something and make it seem insignificant",
          "word": "jättää varjoonsa"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 96 2",
          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "to dominate something and make it seem insignificant",
          "word": "éclipser (la gloire, une personne)"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 96 2",
          "code": "ka",
          "lang": "Georgian",
          "roman": "gadaparavs",
          "sense": "to dominate something and make it seem insignificant",
          "word": "გადაფარავს"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 96 2",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "to dominate something and make it seem insignificant",
          "word": "überschatten"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 96 2",
          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "to dominate something and make it seem insignificant",
          "word": "elhomályosít"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 96 2",
          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "to dominate something and make it seem insignificant",
          "word": "háttérbe szorít"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 96 2",
          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "to dominate something and make it seem insignificant",
          "word": "megszégyenít"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 96 2",
          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "to dominate something and make it seem insignificant",
          "word": "felülmúl"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 96 2",
          "code": "ga",
          "lang": "Irish",
          "sense": "to dominate something and make it seem insignificant",
          "word": "sarú"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 96 2",
          "code": "enm",
          "lang": "Middle English",
          "sense": "to dominate something and make it seem insignificant",
          "word": "obumbren"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 96 2",
          "code": "no",
          "lang": "Norwegian",
          "sense": "to dominate something and make it seem insignificant",
          "word": "overskygge"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 96 2",
          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "to dominate something and make it seem insignificant",
          "tags": [
            "imperfective"
          ],
          "word": "zaćmiewać"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 96 2",
          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "to dominate something and make it seem insignificant",
          "tags": [
            "perfective"
          ],
          "word": "zaćmić"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 96 2",
          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "to dominate something and make it seem insignificant",
          "word": "eclipsar"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 96 2",
          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "to dominate something and make it seem insignificant",
          "word": "ofuscar"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 96 2",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "zatmevátʹ",
          "sense": "to dominate something and make it seem insignificant",
          "word": "затмева́ть"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 96 2",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "zaslonjátʹ",
          "sense": "to dominate something and make it seem insignificant",
          "word": "заслоня́ть"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 96 2",
          "alt": "делая менее заметным, значимым",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "prevosxoditʹ",
          "sense": "to dominate something and make it seem insignificant",
          "word": "превосходить"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 96 2",
          "code": "sh",
          "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
          "sense": "to dominate something and make it seem insignificant",
          "word": "zasjeniti"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 96 2",
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "to dominate something and make it seem insignificant",
          "word": "eclipsar (persona, éxito)"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 96 2",
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "to dominate something and make it seem insignificant",
          "word": "deslucir (ocasión)"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 96 2",
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "to dominate something and make it seem insignificant",
          "word": "opacar"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 96 2",
          "code": "sv",
          "lang": "Swedish",
          "sense": "to dominate something and make it seem insignificant",
          "word": "överskugga"
        }
      ]
    },
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        "To shelter or protect."
      ],
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        "(transitive) To shelter or protect."
      ],
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        "Received-Pronunciation"
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    },
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      "ipa": "/ˌoʊ.vɚˈʃæd.oʊ/",
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}
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    "English lemmas",
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    "English terms derived from Old English",
    "English terms inherited from Middle English",
    "English terms inherited from Old English",
    "English terms with IPA pronunciation",
    "English terms with audio links",
    "English verbs",
    "English verbs prefixed with over-",
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        "3": "overshadwen"
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    },
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      },
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        "t": "to overshadow"
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      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "nl",
        "2": "overschaduwen",
        "t": "to overshadow"
      },
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      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "de",
        "2": "überschatten",
        "t": "to overshadow"
      },
      "expansion": "German überschatten (“to overshadow”)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "got",
        "2": "𐌿𐍆𐌰𐍂𐍃𐌺𐌰𐌳𐍅𐌾𐌰𐌽",
        "t": "to overshadow"
      },
      "expansion": "Gothic 𐌿𐍆𐌰𐍂𐍃𐌺𐌰𐌳𐍅𐌾𐌰𐌽 (ufarskadwjan, “to overshadow”)",
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    {
      "args": {
        "1": "non",
        "2": "yfirskyggja",
        "t": "to overshadow"
      },
      "expansion": "Old Norse yfirskyggja (“to overshadow”)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "da",
        "2": "overskygge",
        "t": "to overshadow"
      },
      "expansion": "Danish overskygge (“to overshadow”)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
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        "2": "överskugga",
        "t": "to overshadow"
      },
      "expansion": "Swedish överskugga (“to overshadow”)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ang",
        "2": "ofersċūwan",
        "t": "to overshadow"
      },
      "expansion": "Old English ofersċūwan (“to overshadow”)",
      "name": "cog"
    }
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      "form": "overshadows",
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        "singular",
        "third-person"
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    },
    {
      "form": "overshadowing",
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        "participle",
        "present"
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      "form": "overshadowed",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
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      "form": "overshadowed",
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  "lang_code": "en",
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        "To obscure something by casting a shadow."
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        "(transitive) To obscure something by casting a shadow."
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        "transitive"
      ]
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      "categories": [
        "English terms with quotations",
        "English transitive verbs"
      ],
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          "ref": "1951 August, P. W. Gentry, “Cliff Railways”, in Railway Magazine, page 514",
          "text": "A branch of rail transport that seems to been rather neglected by historians is that concerned with cliff railways, of which a fair number exist in Great Britain. This is probably because these lines are overshadowed by the more spectacular funicular railways in Switzerland and other mountainous regions; perhaps, too, because of the general habit of referring to them as \"cliff lifts,\" which tends to associate them with the vertical indoor type.",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2017 August 13, Brandon Nowalk, “Oldtown offers one last game-changing secret as Game Of Thrones goes behind enemy lines (newbies)”, in The Onion AV Club",
          "text": "It’s surely consequential that Jon has a claim to the throne, whether he knows about it or not, but all of that is overshadowed by his immediate circumstances, which are that Jon Snow is leading a raiding party beyond the Wall to kidnap a wight.",
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        "To dominate something and make it seem insignificant."
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          "insignificant"
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      "raw_glosses": [
        "(transitive) To dominate something and make it seem insignificant."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "transitive"
      ]
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    {
      "categories": [
        "English transitive verbs"
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      "glosses": [
        "To shelter or protect."
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(transitive) To shelter or protect."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "transitive"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
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      "ipa": "/ˌəʊ.vəˈʃæd.əʊ/",
      "tags": [
        "Received-Pronunciation"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˌoʊ.vɚˈʃæd.oʊ/",
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        "US"
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    {
      "sense": "dominate",
      "word": "eclipse"
    },
    {
      "sense": "dominate",
      "word": "outshadow"
    },
    {
      "sense": "dominate",
      "word": "outshine"
    },
    {
      "sense": "dominate",
      "word": "outdo"
    },
    {
      "sense": "dominate",
      "word": "put to shame"
    },
    {
      "sense": "dominate",
      "word": "upstage"
    },
    {
      "sense": "dominate",
      "word": "surpass"
    },
    {
      "sense": "dominate",
      "word": "outmatch"
    },
    {
      "sense": "dominate",
      "word": "outstrip"
    },
    {
      "sense": "dominate",
      "word": "dwarf"
    }
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    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "zasenčvam",
      "sense": "to cast a shadow over something",
      "word": "засенчвам"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "to cast a shadow over something",
      "word": "zastínit"
    },
    {
      "code": "da",
      "lang": "Danish",
      "sense": "to cast a shadow over something",
      "word": "overskygge"
    },
    {
      "code": "eo",
      "lang": "Esperanto",
      "sense": "to cast a shadow over something",
      "word": "ombri"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "to cast a shadow over something",
      "word": "varjostaa"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "to cast a shadow over something",
      "word": "ombrager"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "to cast a shadow over something",
      "word": "überschatten"
    },
    {
      "code": "grc",
      "lang": "Ancient Greek",
      "roman": "kataskiázō",
      "sense": "to cast a shadow over something",
      "word": "κατασκιάζω"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "to cast a shadow over something",
      "word": "beárnyékol"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "to cast a shadow over something",
      "word": "árnyékot vet"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "to cast a shadow over something",
      "word": "árnyékba borít"
    },
    {
      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "sense": "to cast a shadow over something",
      "word": "scáil a chaitheamh ar"
    },
    {
      "code": "la",
      "lang": "Latin",
      "sense": "to cast a shadow over something",
      "word": "obumbrō"
    },
    {
      "code": "la",
      "lang": "Latin",
      "sense": "to cast a shadow over something",
      "word": "umbrō"
    },
    {
      "code": "enm",
      "lang": "Middle English",
      "sense": "to cast a shadow over something",
      "word": "obumbren"
    },
    {
      "code": "no",
      "lang": "Norwegian",
      "sense": "to cast a shadow over something",
      "word": "overskygge"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "to cast a shadow over something",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "ocieniać"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "to cast a shadow over something",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ],
      "word": "ocienić"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "zatmevátʹ",
      "sense": "to cast a shadow over something",
      "word": "затмева́ть"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "zaslonjátʹ",
      "sense": "to cast a shadow over something",
      "word": "заслоня́ть"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "to cast a shadow over something",
      "word": "zasjeniti"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "to cast a shadow over something",
      "tags": [
        "uncommon"
      ],
      "word": "asombrar"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "to cast a shadow over something",
      "word": "ensombrecer"
    },
    {
      "code": "ar",
      "lang": "Arabic",
      "roman": "ḡaṭṭā",
      "sense": "to dominate something and make it seem insignificant",
      "word": "غَطَّى"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "zasenčvam",
      "sense": "to dominate something and make it seem insignificant",
      "word": "засенчвам"
    },
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "to dominate something and make it seem insignificant",
      "word": "eclipsar"
    },
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "to dominate something and make it seem insignificant",
      "word": "fer ombra"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "to dominate something and make it seem insignificant",
      "word": "zastínit"
    },
    {
      "code": "da",
      "lang": "Danish",
      "sense": "to dominate something and make it seem insignificant",
      "word": "overskygge"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "to dominate something and make it seem insignificant",
      "word": "overschaduwen"
    },
    {
      "code": "eo",
      "lang": "Esperanto",
      "sense": "to dominate something and make it seem insignificant",
      "word": "eklipsi"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "to dominate something and make it seem insignificant",
      "word": "jättää varjoonsa"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "to dominate something and make it seem insignificant",
      "word": "éclipser (la gloire, une personne)"
    },
    {
      "code": "ka",
      "lang": "Georgian",
      "roman": "gadaparavs",
      "sense": "to dominate something and make it seem insignificant",
      "word": "გადაფარავს"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "to dominate something and make it seem insignificant",
      "word": "überschatten"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "to dominate something and make it seem insignificant",
      "word": "elhomályosít"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "to dominate something and make it seem insignificant",
      "word": "háttérbe szorít"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "to dominate something and make it seem insignificant",
      "word": "megszégyenít"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "to dominate something and make it seem insignificant",
      "word": "felülmúl"
    },
    {
      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "sense": "to dominate something and make it seem insignificant",
      "word": "sarú"
    },
    {
      "code": "enm",
      "lang": "Middle English",
      "sense": "to dominate something and make it seem insignificant",
      "word": "obumbren"
    },
    {
      "code": "no",
      "lang": "Norwegian",
      "sense": "to dominate something and make it seem insignificant",
      "word": "overskygge"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "to dominate something and make it seem insignificant",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "zaćmiewać"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "to dominate something and make it seem insignificant",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ],
      "word": "zaćmić"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "to dominate something and make it seem insignificant",
      "word": "eclipsar"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "to dominate something and make it seem insignificant",
      "word": "ofuscar"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "zatmevátʹ",
      "sense": "to dominate something and make it seem insignificant",
      "word": "затмева́ть"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "zaslonjátʹ",
      "sense": "to dominate something and make it seem insignificant",
      "word": "заслоня́ть"
    },
    {
      "alt": "делая менее заметным, значимым",
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "prevosxoditʹ",
      "sense": "to dominate something and make it seem insignificant",
      "word": "превосходить"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "to dominate something and make it seem insignificant",
      "word": "zasjeniti"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "to dominate something and make it seem insignificant",
      "word": "eclipsar (persona, éxito)"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "to dominate something and make it seem insignificant",
      "word": "deslucir (ocasión)"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "to dominate something and make it seem insignificant",
      "word": "opacar"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "to dominate something and make it seem insignificant",
      "word": "överskugga"
    }
  ],
  "word": "overshadow"
}

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