Sekirov Dictionary

silhouette

UK /ˌsɪlʊˈɛt/US /ˌsɪluˈɛt/

noun 4
verb 2
forms 3

noun4

•
An artistic depiction, often of a person's profile, in the form of an outline without any other visual details, similar to a shadow, made by cutting a piece of black paper, filling in an outline with a solid colour (usually black), etc.
- She had a feeble pencil drawing of the vicarage in Dorsetshire, and silhouettes of her father and mother, which were hung up in the lodgings wherever she went. — 1860
•
A dark outline of someone or something seen against a brighter background.
- I could see a silhouette of a figure looking out from the window, but I couldn’t tell if it was a man or a woman.
•
An outline of a garment as it appears on a wearer.
- A-line is a classic silhouette for dresses and skirts.
(figurative) A brief written description of someone or something; an outline, a sketch.

verb2

•
[with oneself] Often followed by against or upon: to depict (oneself or someone, or something) as a silhouette (noun sense 1 or noun sense 2.1); to project (oneself or someone, or something) upon a background, so as to be like a silhouette.
- We guided ourselves, by the fitful flashes of forked and sheet lightning combined, towards a ghostly point, whose deeper blackness silhouetted it against the shades. — 1876
•
To appear as a silhouette.
- [T]he distant islands […] lay dark and massive across our path, their huge crowns silhouetting in clear-cut outlines against the eastern sky, […] — 1884

forms

silhouetted · silhouetting · silhouettes

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