Parallelisation and Shadow

parallelisation

shadow

Shade within clear boundaries.
An unilluminated area.
- usage: "he moved off into the darkness"
- synonyms: darkness, dark
Something existing in perception only.
- usage: "a ghostly apparition at midnight"
- synonyms: apparition, phantom, phantasm, phantasma, fantasm
A premonition of something adverse.
- usage: "a shadow over his happiness"
An indication that something has been present.
- usage: "there wasn't a trace of evidence for the claim"; "a tincture of condescension"
- synonyms: trace, vestige, tincture
Refuge from danger or observation.
- usage: "he felt secure in his father's shadow"
A dominating and pervasive presence.
- usage: "he received little recognition working in the shadow of his father"
A spy employed to follow someone and report their movements.
- synonyms: tail, shadower
An inseparable companion.
- usage: "the poor child was his mother's shadow"

Follow, usually without the person's knowledge.
- usage: "The police are shadowing her"
Cast a shadow over.
- synonyms: shade, shade off
Make appear small by comparison.
- usage: "This year's debt dwarfs that of last year"
- synonyms: overshadow, dwarf

(n.) To protect; to shelter from danger; to shroud.
(n.) 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.
(n.) A shaded place; shelter; protection; security.
(n.) An imperfect and faint representation; adumbration; indistinct image; dim bodying forth; hence, mystical representation; type.
(n.) To mark with gradations of light or color; to shade.
(n.) To cloud; to darken; to cast a gloom over.
(n.) 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.
(n.) An uninvited guest coming with one who is invited.
(n.) A reflected image, as in a mirror or in water.
(n.) To cut off light from; to put in shade; to shade; to throw a shadow upon; to overspead with obscurity.
(n.) A small degree; a shade.
(n.) To represent faintly or imperfectly; to adumbrate; hence, to represent typically.
(n.) To conceal; to hide; to screen.
(n.) Darkness; shade; obscurity.
(n.) That which follows or attends a person or thing like a shadow; an inseparable companion; hence, an obsequious follower.
(n.) A spirit; a ghost; a shade; a phantom.

Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary

Shadow is either masculine or feminine given name