 delineate |
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| 1. | [ verb ] make a mark or lines on a surface | |
| Synonyms: | draw trace describe outline line | |
| Examples: | "draw a line" "trace the outline of a figure in the sand" |
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| Related terms: | mark write construct circumscribe circumscribe inscribe draw draw line tracing drawing outline tracing depiction tracer | |
| 2. | [ verb ] trace the shape of | |
| Synonyms: | outline limn | |
| Related terms: | draw lipstick contour outline | |
| 3. | [ verb ] determine the essential quality of | |
| Synonyms: | define specify delimit delimitate | |
| Related terms: | be determine redefine word_picture | |
| 4. | [ verb ] delineate the form or outline of | |
| Synonyms: | define | |
| Examples: | : "The tree was clearly defined by the light" "The camera could define the smallest object" |
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| Related terms: | show shaping delineation | |
| 5. | [ adjective ] represented accurately or precisely" | |
| Synonyms: | represented delineated | |
| Related terms: | undelineated painted drawn described diagrammatic depicted | |
| 6. | [ verb ] describe in vivid detail | |
| Related terms: | describe word_picture | |
| Similar spelling: |
delineated delineative delimitate delineation Delinda delimit delimitation delimited |
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