verb
- Show the form or outline of.
- usage: "The tree was clearly defined by the light"; "The camera could define the smallest object"
- Determine the essential quality of.
- synonyms: specify, define, delineate, delimit, delimitate
- Trace the shape of.
- Make a mark or lines on a surface.
- usage: "draw a line"; "trace the outline of a figure in the sand"
- Describe in vivid detail.
- synonyms: delineate
adjective
- Represented accurately or precisely.
- synonyms: represented, delineate
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