Schattenriss — meaning in English
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English meaning
- adumbration noun The state of being in shadow or shade; (countable) a shadow.
- 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
- noun The state of being in shadow or shade; (countable) a shadow.
- noun A faint sketch; a brief representation, an outline.
- noun The supposed practice of displaying only outline of a charge (“image displayed on an escutcheon”), sometimes filled in with a darker shade than the field.
- noun A rough or symbolic representation; a vague indication of what is to come, a foreshadowing.
silhouette — full definition
- noun A dark solid outline or shape seen against a lighter background, showing only the outer form.
- verb To appear or be shown as a dark outline against light.