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LIMNING
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Dictionary entry overview: What does limning mean?
• LIMNING (noun)
The noun LIMNING has 1 sense:
1. a drawing of the outlines of forms or objects
Familiarity information: LIMNING used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A drawing of the outlines of forms or objects
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Synonyms:
delineation; depiction; limning; line drawing
Hypernyms ("limning" is a kind of...):
drawing (a representation of forms or objects on a surface by means of lines)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "limning"):
animalization (a depiction in the form of an animal)
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