overshadow Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. verb be greater in significance than
    eclipse; dominate.
    • the tragedy overshadowed the couple's happiness
  2. verb make appear small by comparison
    shadow; dwarf.
    • This year's debt dwarfs that of last year
  3. verb cast a shadow upon
    • The tall tree overshadowed the house

WordNet

O`ver*shad"ow transitive verb
Etymology
Cf. Overshade.
Wordforms
imperfect & past participle Overshadowed; present participle & verbal noun Overshadowing
Definitions
  1. To throw a shadow, or shade, over; to darken; to obscure.
    There was a cloud that overshadowed them. Mark ix. 7.
  2. Fig.: To cover with a superior influence. Milton.

Webster 1913