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silhouette
sil·hou·ette S0404800 (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.]silhouette (ˌsɪluːˈɛt) n1. the outline of a solid figure as cast by its shadow2. (Art Terms) an outline drawing filled in with black, often a profile portrait cut out of black paper and mounted on a light groundvb (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)]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] silhouette
Past participle: silhouetted
Gerund: silhouetting
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| silhouette | | silhouette |
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| I silhouette | | you silhouette | | he/she/it silhouettes | | we silhouette | | you silhouette | | they silhouette |
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| I silhouetted | | you silhouetted | | he/she/it silhouetted | | we silhouetted | | you silhouetted | | they silhouetted |
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| I am silhouetting | | you are silhouetting | | he/she/it is silhouetting | | we are silhouetting | | you are silhouetting | | they are silhouetting |
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| I have silhouetted | | you have silhouetted | | he/she/it has silhouetted | | we have silhouetted | | you have silhouetted | | they have silhouetted |
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| I was silhouetting | | you were silhouetting | | he/she/it was silhouetting | | we were silhouetting | | you were silhouetting | | they were silhouetting |
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| I had silhouetted | | you had silhouetted | | he/she/it had silhouetted | | we had silhouetted | | you had silhouetted | | they had silhouetted |
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| I will silhouette | | you will silhouette | | he/she/it will silhouette | | we will silhouette | | you will silhouette | | they will silhouette |
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| I will have silhouetted | | you will have silhouetted | | he/she/it will have silhouetted | | we will have silhouetted | | you will have silhouetted | | they will have silhouetted |
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| I will be silhouetting | | you will be silhouetting | | he/she/it will be silhouetting | | we will be silhouetting | | you will be silhouetting | | they will be silhouetting |
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| I have been silhouetting | | you have been silhouetting | | he/she/it has been silhouetting | | we have been silhouetting | | you have been silhouetting | | they have been silhouetting |
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| I will have been silhouetting | | you will have been silhouetting | | he/she/it will have been silhouetting | | we will have been silhouetting | | you will have been silhouetting | | they will have been silhouetting |
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| I had been silhouetting | | you had been silhouetting | | he/she/it had been silhouetting | | we had been silhouetting | | you had been silhouetting | | they had been silhouetting |
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| I would silhouette | | you would silhouette | | he/she/it would silhouette | | we would silhouette | | you would silhouette | | they would silhouette |
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| I would have silhouetted | | you would have silhouetted | | he/she/it would have silhouetted | | we would have silhouetted | | you would have silhouetted | | they would have silhouetted |
Thesaurus| Noun | 1. |  silhouette - an outline of a solid object (as cast by its shadow)lineation, outline - the line that appears to bound an object | | 2. | silhouette - a drawing of the outline of an object; filled in with some uniform colordrawing - 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 silhouetteproject - project on a screen; "The images are projected onto the screen" | | 2. | silhouette - represent by a silhouetteinterpret, represent - create an image or likeness of; "The painter represented his wife as a young girl" |
silhouettenoun1. outline, form, shape, profile, delineation The dark silhouette of the castle ruins.verb1. outline, define, delineate, etch, demarcate, delimit firefighters silhouetted against the burning wreckagesilhouettenounA line marking and shaping the outer form of an object:contour, delineation, outline, profile.Translationssilhouette (siluˈet) noun1. an outline drawing of a person. A silhouette in a silver frame hung on the wall. 人物素描(輪廓) 人物素描2. a dark image, especially a shadow, seen against the light. 剪影 剪影silhouette
silhouette (sĭl'o͞oĕt`), outline image, especially a profile drawing solidly filled in or a cutout pasted against a lighter background. It was named for Étienne de Silhouette (1709–67), who was the finance minister to Louis XV; it is said that he was so noted for his stinginess that cheap articles, including portraits, were designated à la Silhouette. Drawings in silhouette became very popular in Europe during the last decades of the 18th cent. and replaced miniature paintings at French and German courts. In England and America profile portraitists proliferated in the 19th cent. and numerous magazine and book illustrators, e.g., Arthur Rackham, employed silhouettes, or, as they were called in England, shades. Their popularity was fostered by the interest in Lavater's science of physiognomy and by the strong interest in classical art, especially in Greek black-figure vase painting. Silhouette drawings decreased in popularity after the invention of the daguerreotype. Bibliography See A. V. Carrick, A History of American Silhouettes (1968); N. Laliberté and A. Mogelon, Silhouettes, Shadows and Cutouts (1968); S. McKechnie, British Silhouette Artists and Their Work: 1760–1860 (1978). Silhouette (from the French controller general of finances E. de Silhouette [1709–67], of whom a caricature was drawn in the form of a shadowy profile), in the broad sense, the characteristic outline of an object in either nature or art, similar to the object’s shadow. In the narrow sense, the silhouette is a technique in graphic art by which a flat monochrome representation of figures and objects is produced. Drawn with india ink or white pigment or cut out of paper and pasted onto a background, a silhouette forms a continuous bounded contour, that is, a dark or light area, on a contrasting background. The art of silhouette has been known since ancient times in China (where it has long preserved its traditions), Japan, and other Asian countries. It has been popular in Europe since the 18th century. Profile portraits, domestic scenes, illustrations, and still lifes were the favorite genres, as seen in the silhouettes by P. O. Runge, A. von Menzel, and P. Konewka in Germany and by F. P. Tolstoi, E. M. Bem, and G. I. Narbut in Russia. In more recent times, the method has been employed by E. S. Kru-glikova, N. V. Il’in, and other artists. REFERENCEKuznetsova, E. Iskusstvo silueta. [Leningrad, 1970.]silhouette an outline drawing filled in with black, often a profile portrait cut out of black paper and mounted on a light ground silhouette
Synonyms for silhouettenoun outlineSynonyms- outline
- form
- shape
- profile
- delineation
verb outlineSynonyms- outline
- define
- delineate
- etch
- demarcate
- delimit
Synonyms for silhouettenoun a line marking and shaping the outer form of an objectSynonyms- contour
- delineation
- outline
- profile
Words related to silhouettenoun an outline of a solid object (as cast by its shadow)Related Wordsnoun a drawing of the outline of an objectRelated Wordsverb project on a background, such as a screen, like a silhouetteRelated Wordsverb represent by a silhouetteRelated Words |