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adumbrate

verb

/ˈæd.ʌm.breɪt/

Meaning

to foreshadow or suggest something in an unclear or indirect way

The report adumbrates future economic challenges.

foreshadow, indicate, outline, prefigure, suggest

clarify, explain, illuminate

adumbrate plans, adumbrate ideas, adumbrate vision

to smell very unpleasant

to clean something with water or other liquid

to stun or confuse someone temporarily with a shock or surprise

to find an answer or explanation for a problem or question

to walk in a slow, relaxed manner without hurry or effort

To correspond or agree in sound, especially by vowel sounds; to rhyme approximately.