silhouette
a dark shape you see when the light is behind it
The dark outline of a person or object seen against a brighter background, so that details cannot be seen.
a picture where the subject is a dark shape
A picture, photograph, or drawing that shows someone or something as a solid dark shape or simple outline against a lighter background.
the general shape of something
The overall shape or outline of something as it is seen from the outside, especially the shape of a person’s body or a piece of clothing.
to make something look like a dark shape by putting light behind it
To cause someone or something to look like a dark shape against a lighter background, or to appear that way because of backlighting.
an old-style profile picture made from cut paper
A small portrait, often in side view, traditionally made as a dark cut-paper shape mounted on a light background.
- Base: silhouette
- Plural: silhouettes
- Base: silhouette
- 3rd Person Singular: silhouettes
- Present Participle: silhouetting
- Past: silhouetted
be silhouetted against [background]
1outlined against a brighter background
to look like a dark shape because the background is bright
- A church spire was silhouetted against the morning sky.
- His face was silhouetted against the window, so I couldn’t see his expression.
- The runners were silhouetted against the floodlights as they crossed the track.
- The bird was silhouetted against the sky.
in silhouette
1seen only as an outline
seen as a dark shape with no details
- They stood in silhouette at the edge of the stage.
- In the photo, the couple is in silhouette against the sunset.
- We could just make out the hills in silhouette beyond the lake.
- I saw her in silhouette.
- The trees are in silhouette.