Definition of Delineate

1. Verb. Show the form or outline of. "The camera could define the smallest object"

Exact synonyms: Define
Generic synonyms: Show
Derivative terms: Defining, Definition, Delineation, Delineation, Delineative

2. Adjective. Represented accurately or precisely.

3. Verb. Determine the essential quality of.
Exact synonyms: Define, Delimit, Delimitate, Specify
Specialized synonyms: Determine, Redefine
Generic synonyms: Be
Derivative terms: Delineation

4. Verb. Trace the shape of.
Exact synonyms: Limn, Outline
Specialized synonyms: Lipstick, Contour
Generic synonyms: Draw
Derivative terms: Delineation, Delineation, Delineative, Outline

5. Verb. Make a mark or lines on a surface. "Trace the outline of a figure in the sand"
Exact synonyms: Describe, Draw, Line, Trace
Generic synonyms: Mark
Specialized synonyms: Construct, Inscribe, Circumscribe, Circumscribe, Write
Related verbs: Draw, Draw
Derivative terms: Delineation, Delineation, Drawing, Line, Lineation, Lineation, Trace, Tracer, Tracing

6. Verb. Describe in vivid detail.
Generic synonyms: Depict, Describe, Draw
Derivative terms: Delineation

Definition of Delineate

1. a. Delineated; portrayed.

2. v. t. To indicate by lines drawn in the form or figure of; to represent by sketch, design, or diagram; to sketch out; to portray; to picture; in drawing and engraving, to represent in lines, as with the pen, pencil, or graver; hence, to represent with accuracy and minuteness. See Delineation.

Definition of Delineate

1. [v -ATED, -ATING, -ATES]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Delineate

delime
delimed
delimes
deliming
delimit
delimitate
delimitation
delimitation
delimitations
delimited
delimiter
delimiters
delimiting
delimiting keratotomy
delimits
delineate (current term)
delineated
delineates
delineating
delineation
delineation
delineations
delineative
delineator
delineators
delinquencies
delinquency
delinquent
delinquently
delinquents

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