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adumbrate

/ adumbrate /
verb

Definitions & Examples

verb Sense 1
give to understand
"I insinuated that I did not like his wife"
Type of:
hint suggest
Derived:
insinuation innuendo inkling intimation glimmering
Usage Patterns:
Something ----s somebody
verb Sense 2
describe roughly or briefly or give the main points or summary of
"sketch the outline of the book"
"outline his ideas"
Type of:
describe depict draw
Kinds of:
block out
Derived:
outline synopsis abstract precis sketch
Usage Patterns:
Somebody ----s somebody into V-ing something
Semantic Complexity
43%
Sense Count
2
Total Synonyms
0
Total Relationships
16
Times Searched
1
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hint suggest describe depict draw block out