The Collaborative International Dictionary
Delineate \De*lin"e*ate\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Delineated; p. pr. & vb. n. Delineating.]
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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.
Adventurous to delineate nature's form.
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To portray to the mind or understanding by words; to set forth; to describe.
Customs or habits delineated with great accuracy.
--Walpole.
Wiktionary
vb. (present participle of delineate English)
Usage examples of "delineating".
You should listen to some disks, delineating your rights and privileges under FSP law, at your earliest convenience.
As she spoke, she was delineating the revised hold with strokes that were strong enough to stay in the hot dry sand.
It hit him from the side, delineating the sharp planes of his brow, jaw, and cheekbones, making dark pools of his eyes.
His naked torso was strongly muscled, with lean, hard bands delineating his ribs and stomach.
She stared at the long line of his tanned back, well-defined muscles delineating the furrow of his spine.
Lamplight gleamed on his shoulders, delineating the smooth, powerful muscles, and the broad chest shadÂowed with dark hair.
It may be well to remark here that occult believers are probably less effective than materialists in delineating the spectral and the fantastic, since to them the phantom world is so commonplace a reality that they tend to refer to it with less awe, remoteness, and impressiveness thin do those who see in it an absolute and stupendous violation of the natural order.
Machen in delineating the extremes of stark fear, yet infinitely more closely wedded to the idea of an unreal world constantly pressing upon ours is the inspired and prolific Algernon Blackwood, amidst whose voluminous and uneven work may be found some of the finest spectral literature of this or any age.
It may be well to remark here that occult believers are probably less effective than materialists in delineating the spectral and the fantastic, since to them the phantom world is so commonplace a reality that they tend to refer to it with less awe, remoteness, and impressiveness than do those who see in it an absolute and stupendous violation of the natural order.
The fence was a ring of scrub delineating the area, but there were ships waiting to leave and cargo needing to be loaded.
Man must establish a relationship delineating the boundaries of the universe and the boundaries of his own soul.
He talked endlessly, delineating himself against the background of his University career, describing the reasons for his desert withdrawal, even taking Vornan down into that workshop I had never entered, where he showed the guest the secret manuscript of his autobiography.