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(verb) describe in vivid detail |
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Related Words: depict, describe, draw |
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(verb) trace the shape of |
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Synonyms: limn, outline |
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Related Words: contour, draw, lipstick |
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(verb) delineate the form or outline of: "The tree was clearly defined by the light"; "The camera could define the smallest object" |
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Synonyms: define |
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Related Words: show |
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(adjective) represented accurately or precisely" |
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Synonyms: delineated, represented |
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(verb) determine the essential quality of |
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Synonyms: define, delimit, delimitate, specify |
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Related Words: be, determine, redefine |
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(verb) make a mark or lines on a surface; "draw a line"; "draw the outlines of a figure in the sand"; "trace an animal shape" |
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Synonyms: describe, draw, line, outline, trace |
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Related Words: circumscribe, construct, inscribe, mark, write |
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