| Roget’s II: The New Thesaurus, Third Edition. 1995. |
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| NOUN: | 1. A supernatural being, such as a ghost: apparition, bogey, bogeyman, bogle, eidolon, ghost, phantasm, phantasma, phantom, revenant, shade, specter, spirit, visitant, wraith. Informal : spook. Regional : haunt. See BEINGS, SUPERNATURAL. 2. A slight amount or indication: breath, dash, ghost, hair, hint, intimation, semblance, shade, soupçon, streak, suggestion, suspicion, taste, tinge, touch, trace, whiff, whisper. Informal : whisker. See BIG, SHOW. 3. Comparative darkness that results from the blocking of light rays: penumbra, shade, umbra, umbrage. See LIGHT. 4. An agent assigned to observe and report on another: watcher. Informal : tail. See INVESTIGATE. | | VERB: | 1. To keep (another) under surveillance by moving along behind: dog, follow, track, trail. Informal : bird-dog, tail. See PRECEDE. 2. To make dim or indistinct: becloud, bedim, befog, blear, blur, cloud, dim, dull, eclipse, fog, gloom, mist, obfuscate, obscure, overcast, overshadow. See CLEAR. 3. To make dark or darker: adumbrate, darken, shade. See LIGHT. 4. To shelter, especially from light: screen, shade. See PROTECTION.
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