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# overshadow

«overshadow» in Mova's school dictionary: **To make someone or something seem less important by being…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

verb (overshadow, overshadows, overshadowed, overshadowing)

### meaning for a pupil

1) To make someone or something seem less important by being more successful or noticeable: her sister overshadowed her. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/O/overshadow/#m1)

2) To cast a shadow over something; to tower over it. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/O/overshadow/#m2)

3) To make a happy time sadder: the rain overshadowed the party. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/O/overshadow/#m3)

### sense in the lessons

Used in everyday talk, news and stories: one event overshadowing another, a tall building overshadowing a garden. In the Bible the Angel tells Mary that the power of God will «overshadow» her. In stories it shows rivalry or a darker mood.

### examples

- The big oak overshadows our garden. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/O/overshadow/#x1)
- His win was overshadowed by an injury. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/O/overshadow/#x2)
- She felt overshadowed by her clever brother. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/O/overshadow/#x3)
- The tall flats overshadowed the little houses. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/O/overshadow/#x4)
- Worry about the test overshadowed the weekend. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/O/overshadow/#x5)
- Toad's boasting overshadowed the others' good work. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/O/overshadow/#x6)
- For there was a large and high hill outside the windows which overshadowed the palace so much that the sun could not shine in. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/O/overshadow/#x7)

### note

Compound: over + shadow. Regular verb. Often used in the passive: «was overshadowed by».

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «overshadow» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/O/overshadow/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.