silhouette
/ˌsɪluˈɛt/ verb C2- Often followed by against or upon: to depict (oneself or someone, or something) as a silhouette (noun sense 1 or noun sense 2.1); to project (oneself or someone, or something) upon a background, so as to be like a silhouette.
- To appear as a silhouette.
He/she/it silhouettes · Past silhouetted · Past participle silhouetted · -ing form silhouetting
Verb forms
- Base form
- silhouette
- He/she/it
- silhouettes
- Past
- silhouetted
- Past participle
- silhouetted
- -ing form
- silhouetting
From the library
The figure of a woman was silhouetted against the yellow light of the hall.
By late September, the imposing silhouette of Mount Katahdin is visible on the horizon, serving as a constant reminder that this incredible expedition is concluding.
A pale, luminescent gray crept over the horizon, revealing the distant, jagged silhouette of the Irish coast through the morning mist.
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