Associations to the word «Delineate»

Wiktionary

DELINEATE, verb. To sketch out, draw or trace an outline.
DELINEATE, verb. To depict, represent with pictures.
DELINEATE, verb. To describe or depict with words or gestures.
DELINEATE, verb. To outline or mark out.

Dictionary definition

DELINEATE, verb. Show the form or outline of; "The tree was clearly defined by the light"; "The camera could define the smallest object".
DELINEATE, verb. Determine the essential quality of.
DELINEATE, verb. Trace the shape of.
DELINEATE, verb. Make a mark or lines on a surface; "draw a line"; "trace the outline of a figure in the sand".
DELINEATE, verb. Describe in vivid detail.
DELINEATE, adjective. Represented accurately or precisely.

Wise words

Words, words, words! They shut one off from the universe. Three quarters of the time one's never in contact with things, only with the beastly words that stand for them.
Aldous Huxley