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ADUMBRATE

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (verb) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Give to understand

Example:

I insinuated that I did not like his wife

Synonyms:

adumbrate; insinuate; intimate

Classified under:

Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing

Hypernyms (to "adumbrate" is one way to...):

hint; suggest (drop a hint; intimate by a hint)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s that CLAUSE

Sense 2

Meaning:

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

Example:

outline his ideas

Synonyms:

adumbrate; outline; sketch

Classified under:

Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing

Hypernyms (to "adumbrate" is one way to...):

depict; describe; draw (give a description of)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "adumbrate"):

block out (indicate roughly)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s something

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