Breadcrumb Home > Dictionary > Index F foreshadow: Meaning and Definition of Find definitions for: fore•shad•ow Pronunciation: (fôr-shad'ō, fōr-), [key] — v.t. to show or indicate beforehand; prefigure: Political upheavals foreshadowed war. Random House Unabridged Dictionary, Copyright © 1997, by Random House, Inc., on Infoplease. See also: foreshadow (Thesaurus) foresee foreshank ✖ Related Content Daily Word Quiz: restive Analogy of the Day: Today’s Analogy Frequently Misspelled Words Frequently Mispronounced Words Easily Confused Words Writing & Language