allude to, betoken, cloud, embody, foreshow, have an intimation, incarnate, mirror, personate, prognosticate, shadow, typify
Definitionv. describe roughly or briefly or give the main points or summary of
Last update: June 29, 2015
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James will adumbrate his character ideas so the animator will know how to bring his cartoon to life. [verb]
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When my mother lit the candle in the darkness, it was nice to see the light adumbrate our shadows on the wall. [verb]
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Two short passages adumbrate the coming Tennyson, the rest is mystic nonsense. [Please select]
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The finance minister adumbrated some changes in the fiseal policy of the country. [verb]
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Much misery could have been avoided had the cyclone in Orissa been adumbrated. [verb]
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More obscurely adumbrated is the day of vengeance, when virtue should return to the repentant backslider, and the idolatrous crew should be smitten with a swift destruction in the midst of their insolent revelry. [Please select]
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