SILHOUETTE

silhouette

(noun) a drawing of the outline of an object; filled in with some uniform color

silhouette

(noun) an outline of a solid object (as cast by its shadow)

silhouette

(verb) represent by a silhouette

silhouette

(verb) project on a background, such as a screen, like a silhouette

Source: WordNet® 3.1

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Etymology

Noun

silhouette (plural silhouettes)

An illustrated outline filled in with a solid color(s), usually only black, and intended to represent the shape of an object without revealing any other visual details; a similar appearance produced when the object being viewed is situated in relative darkness with brighter lighting behind it; a profile portrait in black, such as a shadow appears to be. [mid 19th c.]

Verb

silhouette (third-person singular simple present silhouettes, present participle silhouetting, simple past and past participle silhouetted)

To represent by a silhouette; to project upon a background, so as to be like a silhouette. [late 19th c.]

Source: Wiktionary

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Sil`hou*ette", n. Etym: [F.; -- so called from Etienne de Silhoutte, a French minister of finance in 1759, whise diversion it was to make such portraits on the walls of his apartments.]

Definition: A representation of the outlines of an object filled in with a black color; a profile portrait in black, such as a shadow appears to be.

Sil`hou*ette", v. t.

Definition: To represent by a silhouette; to project upon a background, so as to be like a silhouette. [Recent] A flock of roasting vultures silhouetted on the sky. The Century.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition

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