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The line which marks the outer limits of an object or figure; the exterior line or edge; contour.

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Bound 76% connected

of Bind

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Boundary 76% connected

That which indicates or fixes a limit or extent, or marks a bound, as of a territory; a bounding or separating line; a real or imaginary limit.

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Compose 76% connected

To form by putting together two or more things or parts; to put together; to make up; to fashion.

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Depict 76% connected

Depicted.

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Describe 76% connected

To represent by drawing; to draw a plan of; to delineate; to trace or mark out; as, to describe a circle by the compasses; a torch waved about the he…

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Draw 76% connected

To cause to move continuously by force applied in advance of the thing moved; to pull along; to haul; to drag; to cause to follow.

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Indite 76% connected

To compose; to write; to be author of; to dictate; to prompt.

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Pen 76% connected

A feather.

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Plan 76% connected

A draught or form; properly, a representation drawn on a plane, as a map or a chart; especially, a top view, as of a machine, or the representation o…

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Program 76% connected

Same as Programme.

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Programme 76% connected

That which is written or printed as a public notice or advertisement; a scheme; a prospectus; especially, a brief outline or explanation of the order…

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Summary 76% connected

Formed into a sum; summed up; reduced into a narrow compass, or into few words; short; brief; concise; compendious; as, a summary statement of facts.

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Write 76% connected

To set down, as legible characters; to form the conveyance of meaning; to inscribe on any material by a suitable instrument; as, to write the charact…

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Narrower term 4

Brief 76% connected

Short in duration.

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Epitome 76% connected

A work in which the contents of a former work are reduced within a smaller space by curtailment and condensation; a brief summary; an abridgement.

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Profile 76% connected

An outline, or contour; as, the profile of an apple.

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Silhouette 76% connected

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.

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Manner of action 1

Contour 76% connected

The outline of a figure or body, or the line or lines representing such an outline; the line that bounds; periphery.

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Abstract 74% connected

Withdraw; separate.

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Abstract 74% connected

Withdraw; separate.

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Describe 74% connected

To represent by drawing; to draw a plan of; to delineate; to trace or mark out; as, to describe a circle by the compasses; a torch waved about the he…

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Describe 74% connected

To represent by drawing; to draw a plan of; to delineate; to trace or mark out; as, to describe a circle by the compasses; a torch waved about the he…

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Line 74% connected

Flax; linen.

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Line 74% connected

Flax; linen.

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Lineation 74% connected

Delineation; a line or lines.

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Lineation 74% connected

Delineation; a line or lines.

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Synopsis 74% connected

A general view, or a collection of heads or parts so arranged as to exhibit a general view of the whole; an abstract or summary of a discourse; a syl…

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Synopsis 74% connected

A general view, or a collection of heads or parts so arranged as to exhibit a general view of the whole; an abstract or summary of a discourse; a syl…

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Synonym 11

Abstract 92% connected

Withdraw; separate.

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Adumbrate 92% connected

To give a faint shadow or slight representation of; to outline; to shadow forth.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Delineate 92% connected

Delineated; portrayed.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Draft 92% connected

Pertaining to, or used for, drawing or pulling (as vehicles, loads, etc.). Same as Draught.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Limn 92% connected

To draw or paint; especially, to represent in an artistic way with pencil or brush.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Lineation 92% connected

Delineation; a line or lines.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Precis 92% connected

A concise or abridged statement or view; an abstract; a summary.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Schema 92% connected

An outline or image universally applicable to a general conception, under which it is likely to be presented to the mind; as, five dots in a line are…

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Scheme 92% connected

A combination of things connected and adjusted by design; a system.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Sketch 92% connected

An outline or general delineation of anything; a first rough or incomplete draught or plan of any design; especially, in the fine arts, such a repres…

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

Open English WordNet places these words in at least one shared synset. They share a lexicalised sense, but context, register and collocation should still be checked before substitution.

Synopsis 92% connected

A general view, or a collection of heads or parts so arranged as to exhibit a general view of the whole; an abstract or summary of a discourse; a syl…

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

Open English WordNet places these words in at least one shared synset. They share a lexicalised sense, but context, register and collocation should still be checked before substitution.

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