silhouette
നിഴൽ
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
Participants indicate the silhouette that most closely resembles their perceived body shape, and the 'silhouette' which best represents their ideal figure.
In one painting enigmatically titled Hoovering, there appears to be a black 'silhouette' of a rabbit.
The dark 'silhouette' of an imposing dome, still covered with scaffolding, can be seen through a snowstorm.
There was a pale light inside and a shadow stood before the light, the 'silhouette' of a child.
‘You always manage to look beautiful,’ he complimented her, admiring her 'silhouette' in the dim light.
we can always use a 'silhouette' of Father Christmas
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.
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.
A 'silhouette' shadowed the light for a moment, and then a torch bracket in the wall was lit.
On the screen was a white 'silhouette' against a black backdrop.
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.
she paused to see its 'silhouette' against the dimming sky
As she looked over towards Erik, Maria could only make out his 'silhouette' in the dim light.
Sugiura often uses the photogram as a paper negative to print a positive, in which the subject becomes a black 'silhouette' .
I saw some footage of the dark 'silhouette' of New York city: just the outline in the night.
Like Guston, Komarin deploys a set of singular motifs and cartoonish 'silhouettes' that appear frequently in his works.
They dive down deep and look for prey that appear as dark 'silhouettes' against the brighter underside of the ice.
One lady said she decorated cards with black paper 'silhouettes' on CDs.
The dark 'silhouettes' of palm trees stood out against a deepening magenta sky.
He was 'silhouetted' against the outlines of the two empty beds across the room.
It is in the painting that Sheeler arrived at the flawless balance of shapes, the alternating rhythms of light and dark forms and of 'silhouettes' and delicately modulated surfaces.
The fledgling flung himself in, clothes and all, and Arun wished he had brought bait and line as he saw the dark 'silhouettes' of trout duck away into the shadows.
Blinding white light shone into the room, 'silhouetting' a tall figure standing in the doorway, hands blazing with power.
Across the dark horizon the moon 'silhouetted' a small town which came into view soon enough.
The design of their 'silhouettes' against the light background with full windows is reminiscent of a Japanese screen.
The twisting limbs of oak trees are 'silhouetted' against a darkening sky as a nearly full moon rises in the east.
The figure standing outside in the rain was 'silhouetted' , but it had to be Martin.
The artwork is replete with puns that play on the shapes and 'silhouettes' of individual motifs.
Even though it was dark, the moonlight 'silhouetted' the intricate stone outline of the school.
The focus is certainly on subtlety, with easy simple shapes, and feminine 'silhouettes' forming most of the collection.
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