adumbrate

adumbrate has 4 senses in the JumbleFix dictionary. Letters: 9.

Definitions

• v. t.. To give a faint shadow or slight representation of; to outline; to shadow forth.
• v. t.. To overshadow; to shade.
• v.. give to understand; "I insinuated that I did not like his wife"
• v.. describe roughly or briefly or give the main points or summary of; "sketch the outline of the book"; "outline his ideas"