Adumbrate

ahd-5
  • transitive verb. To give a sketchy outline of.
  • transitive verb. To prefigure indistinctly; foreshadow.
  • transitive verb. To disclose partially or guardedly.
  • transitive verb. To overshadow; shadow or obscure.
    • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • To overshadow; partially darken or conceal.
  • Figuratively, to give a faint shadow or resemblance of; outline or shadow forth; foreshadow; prefigure.
    • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • transitive verb. To give a faint shadow or slight representation of; to outline; to shadow forth.
  • transitive verb. To overshadow; to shade.
    • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • verb. To foreshadow vaguely.
  • verb. To give a vague outline.
  • verb. To obscure or overshadow.
    • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • verb. describe roughly or briefly or give the main points or summary of
  • verb. give to understand
    • Word Usage
    "Adumbrated – from adumbrate (always used in conjunction with an object)"
    Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    hint  suggest  
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    allude to  argue  augur  auspicate  becloud  
    verb-form
    adumbrated  adumbrates  adumbrating  
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