Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A drawing consisting of the outline of something, especially a human profile, filled in with a solid color.
- noun An outline that appears dark against a light background. synonym: outline.
- transitive verb To cause to be seen as a silhouette; outline.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun 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.
- noun 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.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun 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.
- transitive verb Recent To represent by a silhouette; to project upon a background, so as to be like a silhouette.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun 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. - verb To represent by a silhouette; to project upon a background, so as to be like a silhouette.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- verb project on a background, such as a screen, like a silhouette
- noun a drawing of the outline of an object; filled in with some uniform color
- noun an outline of a solid object (as cast by its shadow)
- verb represent by a silhouette
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
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Examples
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He was dropped off in front of his driveway at what he estimated to be 12: 05 a.m. when he saw what he described as a silhouette go from the trailer court to the field near his residence, in what was an often-traveled way to the court for people who lived there.
The Albert Lea Tribune Sarah Stultz 2010
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He was dropped off in front of his driveway at what he estimated to be 12: 05 a.m. when he saw what he described as a silhouette go from the trailer court to the field near his residence, in what was an often-traveled way to the court for people who lived there.
The Albert Lea Tribune Sarah Stultz 2010
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Tamaranth's Non-Ephemera things mean a lot tuesday in silhouette
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Tamaranth's Non-Ephemera things mean a lot tuesday in silhouette
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Tamaranth's Non-Ephemera things mean a lot tuesday in silhouette
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Tamaranth's Non-Ephemera things mean a lot tuesday in silhouette
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Tamaranth's Non-Ephemera things mean a lot tuesday in silhouette
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Tamaranth's Non-Ephemera things mean a lot tuesday in silhouette
January 2009 2009
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Super Sally E. hooping in silhouette on the Lagoa (lagoon) in Florianopolis, Brazil.
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Tamaranth's Non-Ephemera things mean a lot tuesday in silhouette
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