delineate

delineate is a 9-letter English word with 9 senses as adjective, transitive verb, and verb in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: Delineated; portrayed. Face value is 10 in Scrabble and 12 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 10 · Words With Friends 12 · 9 senses

Definitions

1. adjective. Delineated; portrayed.
2. transitive verb. To indicate by lines drawn in the form or figure of; to represent by sketch, design, or diagram; to sketch out; to portray; to picture; in drawing and engraving, to represent in lines, as with the pen, pencil, or graver; hence, to represent with accuracy and minuteness. See Delineation.
3. transitive verb. To portray to the mind or understanding by words; to set forth; to describe.
4. verb. describe in vivid detail
5. verb. make a mark or lines on a surface

   "draw a line"

   "trace the outline of a figure in the sand"

   Synonyms: describe, draw, line, trace

6. verb. trace the shape of

   Synonyms: limn, outline

7. verb. determine the essential quality of

   Synonyms: define, delimit, delimitate, specify

8. verb. show the form or outline of

   "The tree was clearly defined by the light"

   "The camera could define the smallest object"

   Synonyms: define

9. adjective. represented accurately or precisely

   Synonyms: delineated, represented

Synonyms

describe, draw, line, trace, limn, outline, define, delimit, delimitate, specify, delineated, represented

Common word forms

delineated, delineates, delineating

Words from these letters

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