Dictionary Entry
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
- 1adjective
Delineated; portrayed.
- 2transitive 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.
- 3transitive verb
To portray to the mind or understanding by words; to set forth; to describe.
- 4verb
describe in vivid detail
- 5verb
make a mark or lines on a surface
"draw a line"
"trace the outline of a figure in the sand"
- 6verb
trace the shape of
- 7verb
determine the essential quality of
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- 8verb
show the form or outline of
"The tree was clearly defined by the light"
"The camera could define the smallest object"
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- 9adjective
represented accurately or precisely
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