A rough or symbolic representation; a vague indication of what is to come, a foreshadowing.
The state of being in shadow or shade; (countable) a shadow.
The outline of a charge (“image displayed on an escutcheon”), sometimes filled in with a darker shade than the field.
The form of an object as seen by an observer.
A faint sketch; a brief representation, an outline.
The retort or turning of an adversary's plea against him.
The lines of this part of the choral song.
The repetition of a word or phrase at the end of successive clauses
In Greek choruses and dances, the returning of the chorus, exactly answering to a previous strophe or movement from right to left.
The repetition of words in an inverse order.