| Main Entry: | delineate |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | describe; outline |
Synonyms: |
characterize, chart, define, depict, detail, draft, draw, figure, lay out, limn, mark, plot, portray, represent, sketch out, trace |
| Main Entry: | border |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | bound on; be on the edge |
Synonyms: |
abut, adjoin, be adjacent to, bind, circumscribe, communicate, contour, decorate, define, delineate, edge, encircle, enclose, flank, frame, fringe, hem, join, line, march, margin, mark off, neighbor, outline, rim, set off, side, skirt, surround, touch, trim, verge |
| Notes: | a boarder is a tenant in someone's house while a border is a line that indicates a boundary |
Antonyms: |
be inside, center |
| Main Entry: | characterize |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | typify, distinguish |
Synonyms: |
belong to, brand, button down, constitute, define, delineate, describe, designate, differentiate, discriminate, feature, identify, indicate, individualize, individuate, inform, make up, mark, outline, peculiarize, peg, personalize, pigeonhole, portray, represent, signalize, singularize, stamp, style, symbolize, tab, typecast |
| Main Entry: | chart |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | plan, map out |
Synonyms: |
arrange, block out, blueprint, cast, delineate, design, devise, draft, graph, lay out, outline, plot, project, shape, sketch |
| Main Entry: | circumscribe |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | mark off, delimit |
Synonyms: |
bar, bound, confine, define, delineate, demarcate, encircle, enclose, encompass, environ, girdle, hamper, hem in, limit, nail down, outline, prelimit, restrain, restrict, surround, trammel |
Antonyms: |
free, loose, open |
| Main Entry: | clarify |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | explain, make clear |
Synonyms: |
analyze, break down, clear up, define, delineate, draw a picture, elucidate, formulate, illuminate, illustrate, interpret, make perfectly clear, make plain, resolve, settle, shed light on, simplify, spell out, straighten out, throw light on |
Antonyms: |
confuse, muddle |
| Main Entry: | copy |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | duplicate |
Synonyms: |
Xerox, carbon, cartoon, clone, counterfeit, delineate, depict, ditto, draw, dupe, engrave, engross, fake, forge, imitate, knock off, limn, manifold, mimeo, mirror, mold, paint, paraphrase, photocopy, photostat, picture, plagiarize, portray, reduplicate, reflect, repeat, replicate, represent, reproduce, rewrite, sculpture, simulate, sketch, stat, trace, transcribe |
| Main Entry: | define |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | give description |
Synonyms: |
ascertain, assign, call a spade a spade, characterize, construe, decide, delineate, denominate, denote, describe, designate, detail, determine, dub, elucidate, entitle, etch, exemplify, explain, expound, formalize, illustrate, interpret, label, lay it out, nail it down, name, prescribe, represent, specify, spell out, tag, translate |
Antonyms: |
confuse, distort, tangle, twist |
| Main Entry: | define |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | delimit, outline |
Synonyms: |
belt, border, bound, circumscribe, compass, confine, curb, delineate, demarcate, distinguish, edge, encircle, enclose, encompass, envelop, establish, fence in, fix, flank, gird, girdle, limit, mark, mark out, rim, set, set bounds to, settle, stake out, surround, verge, wall in |
| Main Entry: | depict |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | describe, render in drawing or writing |
Synonyms: |
characterize, delineate, design, detail, illustrate, image, interpret, limn, narrate, outline, paint, picture, portray, relate, report, represent, reproduce, sculpt, sketch, state |
Antonyms: |
confuse, distort, mix up |