silhouette
silueta
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.
translation of 'silhouette'
verb
siluetear
noun
silueta
example
In one painting enigmatically titled Hoovering, there appears to be a black 'silhouette' of a rabbit.
she paused to see its 'silhouette' against the dimming sky
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.
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.
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.
we can always use a 'silhouette' of Father Christmas
I saw some footage of the dark 'silhouette' of New York city: just the outline in the night.
A 'silhouette' shadowed the light for a moment, and then a torch bracket in the wall was lit.
Sugiura often uses the photogram as a paper negative to print a positive, in which the subject becomes a black 'silhouette' .
‘You always manage to look beautiful,’ he complimented her, admiring her 'silhouette' in the dim light.
On the screen was a white 'silhouette' against a black backdrop.
Participants indicate the silhouette that most closely resembles their perceived body shape, and the 'silhouette' which best represents their ideal figure.
As she looked over towards Erik, Maria could only make out his 'silhouette' in the dim light.
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.
Even though it was dark, the moonlight 'silhouetted' the intricate stone outline of the school.
Photographers made use of the pandanus to lend striking 'silhouettes' to black and white photographs of Reef twilight.
These works are positives, so the amphibians are sharp, black 'silhouettes' .
Sheet lightening turned on and off and 'silhouetted' the palm trees for hours.
The design of their 'silhouettes' against the light background with full windows is reminiscent of a Japanese screen.
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.
A tiny black dot is 'silhouetted' against the massive bright disc that is the sun, moving slowly across the bottom.
He was 'silhouetted' against the outlines of the two empty beds across the room.
I opened the closet, and picked out a Hawaiian shirt at random, this one being red with black 'silhouettes' of dragons on it.
The three of them were 'silhouetted' , one of the adults crouching, the boy standing at his shoulder.
Flurries of snow drift down gently outside our windows, through which we can just make out the dark 'silhouettes' of the surrounding peaks.
The focus is certainly on subtlety, with easy simple shapes, and feminine 'silhouettes' forming most of the collection.
One lady said she decorated cards with black paper 'silhouettes' on CDs.
These delicate blossoms are displayed to their best advantage by 'silhouetting' them against a brick wall or a hedge of holly or yew.
The twisting limbs of oak trees are 'silhouetted' against a darkening sky as a nearly full moon rises in the east.
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