to stencil
- verb
- /ˈstɛnsl/
- To add some personality to the room, I decided to stencil a floral design on one wall.
And then I use a stencil and stencil it and then put it in the oven.
- And then I use a stencil and stencil it and then put it in the oven.
- This appropriated line stenciled on canvas by Glenn Ligon, who use plastic letter stencils, smudging oil sticks and graphite.
Examples
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They stencil this on the sides of buildings everywhere.
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My other uniforms came to mind when we waited in line to stencil our duffel bags.
Fiction book (1990) -
And then I use a stencil and stencil it and then put it in the oven.
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I was thinking we could stencil the whole bookcase.
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Remember to put a hard surface underneath your fabric to stencil.
Blog text (32) -
As for the picture, you could stencil a phrase on it like Emily Henderson did here!
Blog text (13) -
It is very easy to stencil on your own message or sew a patch onto it.
Blog text (15) -
I'm using ABH's Brow pomade lid, and I'm just using that to stencil out my wing.
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And then I always put brows on with my highbrow eyebrow kit and this is in brown and I'll just stencil my eyebrows on.
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Thriftily, Julia had recycled the life jackets from her swimming party; she'd had Luis stencil a skull and crossbones on each.
Fiction book (2000)
Synonyms
To make paper copies by pushing ink through a stencil
How Precise
Surface Forms
Etymology
The verb stencil comes from the same old idea of a thin 'plate' for copying designs. So to stencil something is to put that sheet on a surface and let paint or ink pass through the cut shapes to make a pattern or letters.