Schattenriss — meaning in English

English meaning

• adumbration noun The condition of being in shade, or, as a countable noun, a shadow itself.
• silhouette noun A dark solid outline or shape seen against a lighter background, showing only the outer form.

Senses

Schattenriss is used for these senses in English:

• adumbration (countable, uncountable, figuratively) A rough or symbolic representation; a vague indication of what is to come, a foreshadowing.
• adumbration (countable, philosophy, specifically phenomenology) The form of an object as seen by an observer.
• silhouette An illustrated outline filled in with a solid color(s), usually only black, and intended to represent the shape of an object without revealing any other visual details; a similar appearance produced when the object being viewed is situated in relative darkness with brighter lighting behind it; a profile portrait in black, such as a shadow appears to be. [mid 19th c.]

adumbration — full definition

1. noun The condition of being in shade, or, as a countable noun, a shadow itself.
2. noun A rough drawing or short description that gives only the basic shape of something.
3. noun (heraldry) The showing of a design only as an outline, sometimes shaded a darker color than the background.
4. noun A rough or symbolic picture of something, or an early, unclear sign of what is to come.

silhouette — full definition

1. noun A dark solid outline or shape seen against a lighter background, showing only the outer form.
2. verb To appear or be shown as a dark outline against light.

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