shadow
→
surveillance
6 realizations
Related shifts
ID | Meaning 1 | Direction | Meaning 2 |
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Comment
ACCEPTED Realization 1 | ||
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type | Polysemy | |
language | Danish | |
lexeme | skygge | |
meaning 1 | shadow, shade | |
direction | → | |
meaning 2 | to shadow, to covertly follow | |
reference | DDO | |
comment |
ACCEPTED Realization 2 | ||
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type | Derivation | |
language | Dutch | |
lexeme 1 | schaduw | |
lexeme 2 | schaduwen | |
meaning 1 | shadow | |
direction | → | |
meaning 2 | to shadow, tail, follow closely, like a shadow | |
reference | HWNF | |
comment |
ACCEPTED Realization 3 | ||
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type | Polysemy | |
language | English | |
lexeme 1 | shadow | |
lexeme 2 | to shadow | |
meaning 1 | shadow | |
direction | → | |
meaning 2 | to put smb. under surveillance | Yt was shadowed for a week by the secret police |
reference | OED | |
comment |
ACCEPTED Realization 4 | ||
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type | Derivation | |
language | Finnish | |
lexeme 1 | varjo | |
lexeme 2 | varjostaa | |
meaning 1 | shadow | |
direction | → | |
meaning 2 | to follow someone secretly (under suspicion). | Vakoilusta epäillyn varjostaminen. Shadowing a spy suspect. |
reference | Kielitoimiston sanakirja | |
comment |
ACCEPTED Realization 5 | ||
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type | Derivation | |
language | German | |
lexeme 1 | Schatten | |
lexeme 2 | beschatten | |
meaning 1 | shadow | |
direction | → | |
meaning 2 | to put smb. under surveillance | Einen Agenten beschatten to put an agent under surveillance |
reference | Duden | |
comment |
ACCEPTED Realization 6 | ||
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type | Polysemy | |
language | Swedish | |
lexeme | skugga | |
meaning 1 | to shadow; to cast a shadow, to shade | |
direction | → | |
meaning 2 | to shadow, to spy; to discretely follow | |
reference | SAOB | |
comment |