Silhouette
[,sɪlʊ'et] or [,sɪlu'ɛt]
Definition
(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.
(verb.) project on a background, such as a screen, like a silhouette.
Inputed by Lennon--From WordNet
Definition
(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. t.) To represent by a silhouette; to project upon a background, so as to be like a silhouette.
Editor: Ricky
Definition
n. a shadow-outline of the human figure or profile filled in of a dark colour.—v.t. to represent in silhouette: to bring out a shaded profile or outline view of.
Inputed by Augustine
Examples
- It was then easy enough to obtain a fairly accurate silhouette, by either outlining the profile or cutting it out from the screen. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- Entering the gate and passing the shrubs, the silhouette of a house rose to view, black, low, and rather long; but the guiding light shone nowhere. Charlotte Bronte. Jane Eyre.
- His rooms were brilliantly lit, and, even as I looked up, I saw his tall, spare figure pass twice in a dark silhouette against the blind. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes.
- It was the Indian, whose dark silhouette appeared suddenly upon his blind. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Return of Sherlock Holmes.
- I saw them silhouetted against the sky-line. Ernest Hemingway. A Farewell To Arms.
- He showed me the silhouettes before he pasted them on white paper and handed them to the girls. Ernest Hemingway. A Farewell To Arms.
- Brilliant arc lamps, rivaling the sun in power, make night into day, and produce along our streets coruscations, silhouettes, and dancing shadows in spectacular and unceasing pageants. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
- Two girls were posing and he cut their silhouettes together, snipping very fast and looking at them, his head on one side. Ernest Hemingway. A Farewell To Arms.
- People of an artistic turn of mind had been in the habit of making what were called silhouettes. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- An old man was cutting silhouettes under an arcade. Ernest Hemingway. A Farewell To Arms.
- The face was turned half-round, and the effect was that of one of those black silhouettes which our grandparents loved to frame. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Return of Sherlock Holmes.
- The girls went away looking at their silhouettes and laughing. Ernest Hemingway. A Farewell To Arms.
Typist: Mason