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  • verb Present participle of silhouette.

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Examples

  • One reason is that they catch prey by swimming up through schools of fish, and by "silhouetting" their quarry against the ice.

    High Tech Goes Wild 2008

  • One reason is that they catch prey by swimming up through schools of fish, and by "silhouetting" their quarry against the ice.

    High Tech Goes Wild 2008

  • You know, the darkness, the simplicity of the darkness, the blackness, the kind of silhouetting of these soldiers.

    CNN Transcript Sep 8, 2007 2007

  • I linger there and watch the sun set behind a distant hill, silhouetting the forest.

    Taking Tree-Hugging to New Heights Benjamin Percy 2010

  • There's a bewildering array of familiar supervillains and splendid interludes played as Catwoman, along with collectibles, side missions and distractions in a game that oozes the very essence of Batman, from dialogue and character design to the gibbous moon permanently silhouetting its buildings.

    This week's new games 2011

  • If you have a favorite monument you would like me to try silhouetting, do let me know.

    Shadow Monuments | clusterflock 2009

  • Phrynus choked through cracked lips, pushing at Carpides and the others and soon they were underway, the rising sun silhouetting their target.

    The One Handed Rower of Myonnesus « A Fly in Amber 2009

  • And shadows haunted the floor, almost silhouetting the disaster to come in this picturesque setting.

    Superhero Nation: how to write superhero novels and comic books » The Chozen’s Review Forum 2009

  • Phil Walter/Getty Images The sun sets silhouetting some figurines in the International Zone of the athletes village, in Delhi, Oct. 2.

    India in Pictures 2010

  • Aniline derivatives stained only parts of the cell, silhouetting certain structures and leaving others untouched.

    The Emperor of All Maladies Siddhartha Mukherjee 2010

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