shadowing

Meanings

Plural: shadowings

Noun

• the act of following someone secretly
• The effect of being shadowed (in the sense of blocked), as from a light source or radio transmission.
• The situation where a person repeats speech immediately as they hear it (usually through earphones).
• Secretly or discreetly tracking or following someone, keeping under surveillance.
• A faint representation; an adumbration.
• The technique of copying ROM contents to RAM to allow for shorter access times. The ROM chip is then disabled while the initialized memory locations are switched in on the same block of addresses.
• A work experience option where students learn about a job by walking through the work day as a shadow to a competent worker.

Verb

• follow, usually without the person's knowledge
  • "The police are shadowing her"
• cast a shadow over
• make appear small by comparison
• present participle and gerund of shadow

Synonyms

dwarf, overshadow, shade, shade off, shadow, tailing