shadowing

[ shad-oh-ing ]

/ ˈʃæd oʊ ɪŋ /

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noun Cytology, Histology.

a method of enhancing the visibility of the surface features of a specimen for electron microscopic viewing by spraying it from one side with a coating of metal atoms.

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Origin of shadowing

shadow + -ing¹

OTHER WORDS FROM shadowing

self-shad·ow·ing, adjective

Words nearby shadowing

shadow docket, shadowed, shadowgraph, shadow history, shadow inflation, shadowing, shadowland, shadow mask, shadow of one's self, shadow pin, shadow play

How to use shadowing in a sentence

A lot of early training is on-the-job training and shadowing, being shown how to set up and pull a campaign for example.
Welcome to the ground floor: street-level offices for a post-pandemic world|Jessica Davies|January 11, 2021|Digiday
Some people would really prefer that every shadow is filled in…but I think, personally, I find a portrait more interesting if there’s some shadowing and shape to it.
Want to Stop Looking Terrible on Zoom? 7 Quick Tips to Up Your Video Calling Game|Patrick Lucas Austin|July 6, 2020|Time
A crew for the A&E reality show The First 48 had been shadowing Detroit homicide detectives for months and filmed the incident.
The Saddest Reality Stars of All: Prisoners|Mansfield Frazier|May 19, 2013|DAILY BEAST
She spent a day shadowing me, part of an introductory program I instituted for trainees in CTC.
The First American: Excerpt from Henry Crumpton’s ‘The Art of Intelligence’|Henry A. Crumpton|May 14, 2012|DAILY BEAST

He says he believes a couple of militants have been shadowing him for the past two days.
Pakistani Journalists Working for American Companies Face Horrifying Dangers|Sami Yousafzai, Ron Moreau|January 18, 2012|DAILY BEAST
Alexander pointed to a fire trail cutting down the hill, saying that it would be good for shadowing.
Adventures with an Extreme Polyglot: Excerpt from 'Babel No More'|Michael Erard|January 10, 2012|DAILY BEAST
Tuesday, the pirates launched a rocket-propelled grenade at the American destroyer that was shadowing the distressed Quest.
How the Somali Pirate Victims Became Martyrs|Eliza Griswold|February 23, 2011|DAILY BEAST
It was a tangled trail that Kip Burland followed that night, shadowing that man who wore a telegraph messenger's costume.
Hooded Detective, Volume III No. 2, January, 1942|Various
Long and silently she stood by the window, gazing at the shadowing curtain of the coming night.
The Fifth String |John Philip Sousa
I don't know whether he knew anything about the shadowing business I speak of or not, but he might have.
The Wreckers|Francis Lynde
If it's the right Hagan, Merry may find some one else by shadowing him.
Frank Merriwell's Pursuit|Burt L. Standish
For fifteen years five or six governments kept their spies shadowing me in Europe and America.
My Life in Many States and in Foreign Lands|George Francis Train