All 4 Uses
illustrate
in
The Blind Side, by Michael Lewis
(Edited)
- According to Paul Zimmerman, the term came from a piece he wrote for Sports Illustrated; it referred to the passing game created by Sid Gilman, and adopted by Don Coryell, at the San Diego Chargers, and others, including Walsh, mistakenly applied it to Walsh's offense.†
p. 117.3illustrated = (verb) drew pictures to accompany OR (adjective) accompanied by pictures
- Before the game he showed Michael tapes of the previous year's game, to illustrate the nature of the problem.
p. 158.7 *illustrate = help make clear
- Two months later, Peter King of Sports Illustrated reported its shocking early verdicts.†
p. 250.4illustrated = (verb) drew pictures to accompany OR (adjective) accompanied by pictures
- Before the season Sports Illustrated had named him one of the five freshman football players in the country to watch.†
p. 270.6 *
Definitions:
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(1)
(illustrate as in: as illustrated by this example) to help make clear -- typically by example
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(2)
(illustrate as in: an illustrated children's book) to draw pictures (or provide photographs) to accompany a book or other writing
- (3) (meaning too rare to warrant focus)