One in a series of clues leading to a person or place.
A single link in a chain indicating the hierarchical location of a directory, web page or similar, used as a navigation aid.
A tiny piece of bread, either one that falls from bread as it is cut or eaten, or one made deliberately by crumbling bread.
To add navigational breadcrumbs to (a web page or user interface).
To use clues or enticements to lead someone in the desired direction.
To sprinkle breadcrumbs on to food, normally before cooking.
A spirit; a ghost; a shade.
A dark image projected onto a surface where light (or other radiation) is blocked by the shade of an object.
A small degree; a shade.
An influence, especially a pervasive or a negative one.
Relative darkness, especially as caused by the interruption of light; gloom; obscurity.
That which looms as though a shadow.
A area protected by an obstacle (likened to an object blocking out sunlight).
One who secretly or furtively follows another.
An inseparable companion.
A drop shadow effect applied to lettering in word processors etc.
An unconscious aspect of the personality.
A trainee, assigned to work with an experienced officer.
An imperfect and faint representation.
To accompany (a professional) during the working day, so as to learn about an occupation one intends to take up.
To make (an identifier, usually a variable) inaccessible by declaring another of the same name within the scope of the first.
To hide; to conceal.
To represent faintly and imperfectly.
To shade, cloud, or darken.
To block light or radio transmission from.
To secretly or discreetly track or follow another, to keep under surveillance.
To apply the shadowing process to (the contents of ROM).
Unofficial, informal, unauthorized, but acting as though it were.
Having power or influence, but not widely known or recognized.
Part of, or related to, the opposition in government.
Acting in a leadership role before being formally recognized.