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/vinˈyet/,
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vignettes, plural;
  1. Portray (someone) in the style of a vignette

  2. Produce (a photograph) in the style of a vignette by softening or shading away the edges of the subject

Noun
  1. A brief evocative description, account, or episode

  2. A small illustration or portrait photograph that fades into its background without a definite border

  3. A small ornamental design filling a space in a book or carving, typically based on foliage

  1. sketch: a brief literary description
  2. a photograph whose edges shade off gradually
  3. a small illustrative sketch (as sometimes placed at the beginning of chapters in books)
  4. Sketch comedy consists of a series of short comedy scenes or vignettes, called "sketches," commonly between one and ten minutes long. Such sketches are performed by a group of comic actors, either on stage or through an audio and/or visual medium such as broadcasting. ...
  5. Vignettes, in graphic design, are decorative designs usually in books, used both to separate sections or chapters and to decorate borders.
  6. In theatrical script writing, sketch stories, and poetry, a vignette is a short impressionistic scene that focuses on one moment or gives a trenchant impression about a character, an idea, or a setting. ...
  7. In philately, the vignette is the central part of a postage stamp design, such as, a monarch's head or a pictorial design, which often shades off gradually to the edges of the stamp.
  8. Professional wrestling has accrued a considerable amount of slang, in-references, and jargon. Much of it stems from the industry's origins in the days of carnivals and circuses, and the slang itself is often referred to as "carny talk. ...
  9. A vignette is used in psychology experiments to collect information by presenting hypothetical situations and asking research participants a set of questions to reveal their perceptions and values.
  10. A running ornament consisting of leaves and tendrils, used in Gothic architecture; A decorative design, originally representing vine branches or tendrils, at the head of a chapter, of a manuscript or printed book, or in a similar position; Any small borderless picture in a book, especially an ...
  11. A photo or illustration, in which the tones fade gradually away until they blend with the background they are printed on.
  12. (1) An illustration that has soft edges, often produced by using cutouts or masks. (2) A photograph or halftone in which the edges, or parts of, are shaded off to a very light gray.
  13. Decorative design or illustration fade to white.
  14. A vignette is an image that does not have a definite border around it. This term also applies to a small image that is part of a larger print.
  15. a small illustration in a book not enclosed in a definite border.
  16. an image or painting where the borders are undefined and seem to fade away gradually until it blends into the background.
  17. 1) An ornamental design of vine leaves, tendrils and grapes, used as a boarder on a page. 2) A small, pleasing picture or view. 3) Small illustration or design on the title page of a book or at the beginning or end of a chapter. ...
  18. A taped video segment meant to help get a wrestler’s gimmick or character over — OR — to introduce a character.. Can take place in any setting or location..
  19. A photo whose background gradually fades to white.
  20. A pictorial element of a bank note design that shades off gradually into the surrounding unprinted paper or background rather than having sharp outlines or a frame.
  21. A symbol or pictorial representation of the corporation on a stock certificate. Usually a complicated and artistic design, it is meant to make the counterfeiting of stock certificates as difficult as possible.
  22. A vignette (pronounced vin- YET) is an illustration that appears on stocks, bonds, paper money, checks, letterhead, invoices, and so forth. Vignettes are artistic, but they have serious security purposes. In theory, complicated and delicate vignettes are hard to counterfeit. ...
  23. (French, "little vine"): A short composition showing considerable skill, especially such a composition designed with little or no plot or larger narrative structure. Often vignettes are descriptive or evocative in their nature. ...
  24. A dark or diffused appearance surrounding the border of an exposure.
  25. any piece of video footage featuring characters or events which is shown to the audience for the purposes of entertainment or edification. Usually, they are meant to either introduce a debuting character or to get a wrestler over before their TV wrestling debut. ...