adumbrate

Definition of Adumbrate in English :

1. adumbrate, outline, sketch

describe roughly or briefly or give the main points or summary of

Example Sentences:
'sketch the outline of the book'
'outline his ideas'

2. adumbrate, insinuate, intimate

give to understand

Example Sentences:
'I insinuated that I did not like his wife'

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Adumbrate

verb (transitive)

1.

to outline; give a faint indication of

2.

to foreshadow

3.

to overshadow; obscure

verb transitiveWord forms: adˈumˌbrated or adˈumˌbrating

1.

to outline in a shadowy way; sketch

2.

to suggest beforehand; foreshadow in a vague way

3.

to obscure; overshadow

tr.v. ad·um·brat·ed, ad·um·brat·ing, ad·um·brates

1. To give a sketchy outline of.

2. To prefigure indistinctly; foreshadow.

3. To disclose partially or guardedly.

4. To overshadow; shadow or obscure.