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silhouetted
Variant of silhouette
noun
- an outline, esp. a profile portrait, made either by cutting from black paper and fixing on a light background, or by drawing and then filling in with a solid color
- any dark shape or figure seen against a light background
- the outline of a figure, garment, etc.; contour
transitive verb silhouetted, silhouetting
to show or project in silhouette
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