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  • 71shadow — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. umbra, silhouette, shade; spy, follower; reflection; shelter, protection; trace, suggestion; ghost, tail (sl.); See accompaniment, imagination. v. t. overcast, darken, shade; foreshadow, adumbrate;… …

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  • 72sketch — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) v. t. draw, outline, block out, rough in; state briefly; draft, chart, map. See representation, form, painting, plan. II (Roget s IV) n. 1. [A drawing or plan] Syn. portrayal, picture, draft, design,… …

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  • 73Copy — (Roget s Thesaurus) >Result of imitation. < N PARAG:Copy >N GRP: N 1 Sgm: N 1 copy copy facsimile xerox counterpart effigies effigy form likeness image picture photo similitude semblance …

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  • 74Metaphor — (Roget s Thesaurus) < N PARAG:Metaphor >N GRP: N 1 Sgm: N 1 figure of speech figure of speech Sgm: N 1 facon de parler facon de parler =>(French) way of speaking colloquialism GRP: N 2 Sgm: N 2 phrase phrase &c. 566 Sgm: N 2 …

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  • 75adumbrate — [ adʌmbreɪt] verb formal 1》 give a faint or general idea of.     ↘foreshadow. 2》 overshadow. Derivatives adumbration noun adumbrative adjective Origin C16: from L. adumbrat , adumbrare, from ad to (as an intensifier) + umbrare cast a shadow …

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  • 76prefiguration — n. Type, foreshadowing, adumbration …

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  • 77type — n. 1. Stamp, impressed sign, emblem, mark. 2. Emblem, symbol, sign, token, shadow, image, representation, adumbration. 3. Original, model, pattern, prototype, archetype, exemplar, protoplast. 4. Stamp, form, kind, sort. 5. Printing character. 6.… …

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  • 78shadow — I. n. 1. Shade, umbrage. 2. Darkness, obscurity, gloom, shade. 3. Shelter, cover, protection, security. 4. Image, adumbration, representation, prefiguration, foreshowing. 5. Spirit, ghost, shade, phantom. 6. Image, portrait, reflection. II …

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  • 79adumbrate — verb (T) formal to suggest or describe something in an incomplete way adumbration noun (U) …

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  • 80penumbra — umbra, adumbration, umbrage, *shade, shadow …

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