silhouette
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definition
verb
the castle was silhouetted against the sky
cast or show (someone or something) as a dark shape and outline against a lighter background.
noun
The design of their silhouettes against the light background with full windows is reminiscent of a Japanese screen.
the dark shape and outline of someone or something visible against a lighter background, especially in dim light.
example
There was a pale light inside and a shadow stood before the light, the 'silhouette' of a child.
The path wound its way to a summit; the route being marked by a chain of cairns, on the highest of which a trident had been placed so that its 'silhouette' was visible from far below.
‘You always manage to look beautiful,’ he complimented her, admiring her 'silhouette' in the dim light.
In one painting enigmatically titled Hoovering, there appears to be a black 'silhouette' of a rabbit.
A 'silhouette' shadowed the light for a moment, and then a torch bracket in the wall was lit.
As she looked over towards Erik, Maria could only make out his 'silhouette' in the dim light.
she paused to see its 'silhouette' against the dimming sky
I saw some footage of the dark 'silhouette' of New York city: just the outline in the night.
The dark 'silhouette' of an imposing dome, still covered with scaffolding, can be seen through a snowstorm.
The new trick - the key to the work - is that Periton now underlays each black 'silhouette' with an exact replica made in a dayglo tone of pink, orange, green or red.
Sugiura often uses the photogram as a paper negative to print a positive, in which the subject becomes a black 'silhouette' .
Participants indicate the silhouette that most closely resembles their perceived body shape, and the 'silhouette' which best represents their ideal figure.
we can always use a 'silhouette' of Father Christmas
Tim was just starting to cross the grounds, the dark 'silhouette' of the school outlined in the moonlight, when a gasping voice whispered in the shadows.
On the screen was a white 'silhouette' against a black backdrop.
I opened the closet, and picked out a Hawaiian shirt at random, this one being red with black 'silhouettes' of dragons on it.
Like Guston, Komarin deploys a set of singular motifs and cartoonish 'silhouettes' that appear frequently in his works.
Flurries of snow drift down gently outside our windows, through which we can just make out the dark 'silhouettes' of the surrounding peaks.
All I could see were glowing puffs in the west: gloriously orange and then mellowing to a yellow and peaking to a pink: all the time 'silhouetting' the city that stretched small in front of it.
And the t-shirt design is funny: all black 'silhouettes' with one white one.
He was 'silhouetted' against the outlines of the two empty beds across the room.
The twisting limbs of oak trees are 'silhouetted' against a darkening sky as a nearly full moon rises in the east.
He squinted against the bright sun that 'silhouetted' the figure of the ship.
She's done so through her now trademark 'silhouettes' , large black paper cut-outs set against stark white walls.
He was 'silhouetted' by the bright sky behind him and yet Pen felt as if she had just seen his face.
Blinding white light shone into the room, 'silhouetting' a tall figure standing in the doorway, hands blazing with power.
As I was laying there on the cool grass, looking up at the starlit and crescent moon sky and dark 'silhouettes' of roses, I felt more at peace than I had in awhile.
Among the items on view are paintings, drawings, prints, posters, sculptures, zinc 'silhouettes' and ephemera.
Even though it was dark, the moonlight 'silhouetted' the intricate stone outline of the school.
Tall, leafless trees outlined the pathway, their 'silhouettes' shockingly dark against the snow.
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