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Discover LudwigThe word 'Silhouette' is correct and usable in written English
You can use it to refer to the dark shape and outline of something seen against a light background. For example, "The moon was a bright white against the dark blue sky, its silhouette creating an enchanting contrast."
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Silhouette
verb
To represent by a silhouette; to project upon a background, so as to be like a silhouette.
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A male hen harrier's silhouette gliding low over the moorland is an eerie sight greatly prized by bird lovers, but the bird is best known for its aerobatic displays of climbing, twisting and rolling, known as sky dancing.
Experts in the field include Deadmau5 identified by his mouse silhouette and Skrillex, infamous for his dramatic entries, like descending onto stage at Glastonbury Festival by spaceship.
The girls there are incredibly forward thinking, and tend towards a longer, slouchier silhouette than short girls do here.
The mix of a feminine silhouette with menswear detailing gives a shirt dress a distinct air of understated cool".
"Bend down, reach for the weeds, and throw the weeds – left and right!" When we start on waist toning – essential for a slim under-bumbag silhouette – we are told that fitness research has come on a fair way in three decades and warned not to always copy Jane.
The First Lady cleverly chose a silk shift dress by Mumbai-born, New York-based designer Naeem Khan, deftly combining a western silhouette with a skirt embellished in exotic silken embroidery that would not have looked out of place on a Rajasthani maharaja.
But two unexpected species make the final shortlist: the red kite, recently reintroduced into parts of England and Scotland, where its elegant fork-tailed silhouette is becoming a familiar sight, and the hen harrier.
He added that it then flew low over a railway bridge: "It was really low, as you looked up you could make out the silhouette as it passed and I said: 'Dear God, that's low, we could almost touch it'.
The silhouette is less vacuum-packed, and leaves a little more to the imagination.
The 100,000 sq feet image of a giant silhouette of a naked pole dancer used the strapline "Anytime, Anyplace, Anywhere" promoting myprivatedance.com.com
There is a nostalgic woman that comes to mind: Brigitte Bardot for that 60s Riviera chic; Sophia Loren who looked great in a nipped-in-waist shirtdress; Audrey Hepburn for a sleeker silhouette; Jane Birkin looking effortless, shirt dress buttoned low with bare, brown legs".
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