All 7 Uses of

highlight

in

Into the Wild

Leo Tolstoy, Family Happiness passage highlighted in one of the books found with Chris McCandless's remains.
p. 15.3

highlighted = marked as important

Henry David Thoreau, Walden, or Life in the Woods -- passage highlighted in one of the books found with Chris McCandless's remains.
p. 47.7

Several such passages are starred and highlighted in the dog-eared text, the margins filled with cryptic notes printed in McCandless's distinctive hand.
p. 65.9 *

Boris Pasternak, Doctor Zhivago -- passage highlighted in one of the books found with Chris McCandless's remains.
p. 103.6

Henry David Thoreau, Walden, or Life in the Woods -- passage highlighted in one of the books found with Chris McCandless's remains.
p. 117.4

In the chapter titled "Higher Laws," in which Thoreau ruminates on the morality of eating, McCandless highlighted, "when I had caught and cleaned and cooked and eaten my fish, they seemed not to have fed me essentially."
p. 167.5

Boris Pasternak, Doctor Zhivago -- passage highlighted in one of the books found with Chris McCandless's remains.
p. 187.9

Definitions:

(1) (highlight as in: highlight the main findings)
emphasize (call attention to something)
(2) (highlight as in: highlights of the year)
something that stands out
(3) (highlight as in: highlights and shadows)
noun: something that is lighter and draws attention -- such as an area of a painting

verb: making something lighter -- such as an area of a painting
(4) (highlight as in: highlights in hair)
noun: a strip of hair that is lighter

verb: making strips of hair lighter
(5) (highlight as in: highlights with a yellow marker)
to mark important text; or something that is marked to draw attention to it -- as with a felt-tip pen with a bright, transparent ink
(6) (highlight as in: highlights the text and deletes)
select (on a computer screen)
(7) (meaning too rare to warrant focus)
The form highlighter, can also refer to a type of makeup that draws attention to parts of the face.