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sil·hou·ette
(sĭl′o͞o-ĕt′)n.
1. A drawing consisting of the outline of something, especially a human profile, filled in with a solid color.
2. An outline that appears dark against a light background. See Synonyms at outline.
tr.v. sil·hou·et·ted, sil·hou·et·ting, sil·hou·ettes
To cause to be seen as a silhouette; outline: Figures were silhouetted against the setting sun.
[French, after Étienne de Silhouette (1709-1767), French finance minister.]
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silhouette
(ˌsɪluːˈɛt)n
1. the outline of a solid figure as cast by its shadow
2. (Art Terms) an outline drawing filled in with black, often a profile portrait cut out of black paper and mounted on a light ground
vb
(tr) to cause to appear in silhouette
[C18: named after Étienne de Silhouette (1709–67), French politician, perhaps referring to silhouettes as partial portraits, with a satirical allusion to Silhouette's brief career as controller general (1759)]
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sil•hou•ette
(ˌsɪl uˈɛt)n., v. -et•ted, -et•ting. n.
1. a two-dimensional representation of the outline of an object, as a person's profile, filled in with black or another color.
2. the outline or general shape of something.
3. a dark image outlined against a lighter background.
v.t. 4. to show in or as if in a silhouette.
[1790–1800; < French after Etienne de Silhouette (1709–67), French finance minister]
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silhouette
Past participle: silhouetted
Gerund: silhouetting
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silhouette |
silhouette |
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Noun | 1. | silhouette - an outline of a solid object (as cast by its shadow) |
2. | silhouette - a drawing of the outline of an object; filled in with some uniform color drawing - a representation of forms or objects on a surface by means of lines; "drawings of abstract forms"; "he did complicated pen-and-ink drawings like medieval miniatures" | |
Verb | 1. | silhouette - project on a background, such as a screen, like a silhouette project - project on a screen; "The images are projected onto the screen" |
2. | silhouette - represent by a silhouette |
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silhouette
noun
1. outline, form, shape, profile, delineation The dark silhouette of the castle ruins.
verb
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silhouette
nounA line marking and shaping the outer form of an object:
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Translations
خَيال، رَسْم صورة ظِلِّيَّهصورةٌ ظِلِّيَّه
silueta
silhuet
árnyképsziluett
skuggamyndútlínumynd
siluetas
aprisessiluets
silueta
silhouette
[ˌsɪluːˈet]B. VT to be silhouetted against sth → destacarse or perfilarse en or contra algo
Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005
Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005
silhouette
vt to be silhouetted against something → sich (als Silhouette) gegen or von etw abzeichnen
Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007
silhouette
[ˌsɪluːˈɛt]1. n (gen) → sagoma; (drawing) → silhouette f inv
2. vt to be silhouetted against → stagliarsi contro
Collins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995
silhouette
(siluˈet) noun1. an outline drawing of a person. A silhouette in a silver frame hung on the wall.
2. a dark image, especially a shadow, seen against the light.
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