ETYM Latin adumbratus, p. p. of adumbrare; ad + umbrare to shade; umbra shadow.
1. To foreshadow; to give a premonition of.
2. To give a faint shadow or slight representation of; to outline.
3. To overshadow; to shade.
4. Indicate faintly; foreshadow.
5. Shadow forth; outline; sketch out.
ETYM Of uncertain etymology.
To show off; SYN. tout, swash, shoot a line, brag, gas, blow, bluster, vaunt, gasconade.
To boast of.
1. To refer to a place, direction, person, or thing; either spatially or figuratively; SYN. point, show.
2. To suggest the necessity of an intervention; in medicine; SYN. suggest.
3. To state or express briefly.
1. To exhibit ostentatiously
2. To make a show; to display oneself
1. To be specific about; SYN. particularize, specialize.
2. To decide upon, as of variables in math; SYN. set, determine, fix.
3. To determine the essential quality of; SYN. define, delineate, delimit, delimitate.