Dictionary Entry
adumbrate
adumbrate is a 9-letter English word with 4 senses as transitive verb and verb in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: To give a faint shadow or slight representation of; to outline; to shadow forth. Face value is 14 in Scrabble and 17 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.
9 letters · Scrabble 14 · Words With Friends 17 · 4 senses
Definitions
- 1transitive verb
To give a faint shadow or slight representation of; to outline; to shadow forth.
- 2transitive verb
To overshadow; to shade.
- 3verb
give to understand
"I insinuated that I did not like his wife"
- 4verb
describe roughly or briefly or give the main points or summary of
"sketch the outline of the book"
"outline his ideas"
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