Silhouette

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • n. A drawing consisting of the outline of something, especially a human profile, filled in with a solid color.
  • n. An outline that appears dark against a light background. See Synonyms at outline.
  • v. To cause to be seen as a silhouette; outline: Figures were silhouetted against the setting sun.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • n. An illustrated outline filled in with a solid color(s), usually only black, and intended to represent the shape of an object without revealing any other visual details; a similar appearance produced when the object being viewed is situated in relative darkness with brighter lighting behind it; a profile portrait in black, such as a shadow appears to be.
  • v. To represent by a silhouette; to project upon a background, so as to be like a silhouette.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • n. A representation of the outlines of an object filled in with a black color; a profile portrait in black, such as a shadow appears to be.
  • v. To represent by a silhouette; to project upon a background, so as to be like a silhouette.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • n. Originally, a portrait in black or some other uniform tint, sometimes varied as to the bailor other parts by lighter lines or a lightening of shade, showing the profile as cast by a candle on a sheet of paper; hence, any opaque portrait, design, or image in profile.
  • n. Opaque representation or exhibition in profile; the figure made by the shadow or a shadowy outline of an object; shadow.
  • To represent or exhibit in silhouette; make or bring out a shaded profile or outline view of: used chiefly or only in the past participle.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • v. project on a background, such as a screen, like a silhouette
  • n. a drawing of the outline of an object; filled in with some uniform color
  • n. an outline of a solid object (as cast by its shadow)
  • v. represent by a silhouette
  • Verb Form
    Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    project    drawing    lineation    outline    interpret   
    Cross Reference
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    Rhyme
    Words with the same terminal sound
    Annette    Antoinette    Bernadette    Bizet    Bret   
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    outline    blur    spire    contour    apparition