delineate

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I - verb

1. determine the essential quality of
• Syn:
specify, define, delimit, delimitate
• Derivationally related forms:
delineation
• Hypernyms:
be
• Hyponyms:
determine, redefine
• Verb Frames:
- Something ----s something
2. show the form or outline of
- The tree was clearly defined by the light
- The camera could define the smallest object
• Syn:
define
• Derivationally related forms:
delineative, delineation, definition (for: define), defining (for: define)
• Hypernyms:
show
• Verb Frames:
- Something ----s something
3. trace the shape of
• Syn:
limn, outline
• Derivationally related forms:
outline (for: outline), delineative, delineation
• Hypernyms:
draw
• Hyponyms:
lipstick, contour
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s something
4. make a mark or lines on a surface
- draw a line
- trace the outline of a figure in the sand
• Syn:
trace, draw, line, describe
• Derivationally related forms:
delineation, line (for: line), lineation (for: line), drawing (for: draw), trace (for: trace), tracer (for: trace), tracing (for: trace)
• Hypernyms:
mark
• Hyponyms:
construct, inscribe, circumscribe, write
• Verb Group:
draw
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s something
- Something ----s something
- Somebody ----s something PP
5. describe in vivid detail
• Derivationally related forms:
delineation
• Hypernyms:
describe, depict, draw
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s something
- Something ----s something

II - adjective

represented accurately or precisely
• Syn:
delineated, represented
• Ant:
undelineated (for: delineated)
• Similar to:
depicted, pictured, portrayed, described, diagrammatic, diagrammatical

• Từ đồng nghĩa / Synonyms:
  delineated, represented, trace, draw, line, describe, limn, outline, specify, define, delimit, delimitate