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Verb: adumbrate  'a-dum,breyt or u'dúm,breyt
  1. Describe roughly or briefly or give the main points or summary of
    "The professor adumbrated the main themes of the course";
    - sketch, outline
     
  2. Give to understand
    "The memo adumbrated the new policy changes";
    - intimate, insinuate

Derived forms: adumbrating, adumbrates, adumbrated

Type of: depict, describe, draw, hint, suggest