- to emphasize or make prominent: The lawsuit against the landlord highlighted the need for a stricter building code.
- to mark with a felt-tip highlighter: I started highlighting the text (yellow for important ideas, blue for dates and facts), but I'm not sure it was productive in the long run.
- to create highlights in (a photograph or engraving).
- to dye (parts of the hair) lighter.
- to apply makeup to (the face) in places where light would naturally hit, to create a glowing effect: After blending the foundation, highlight the cheekbones.
- an important, conspicuous, memorable, or enjoyable event, scene, part, or the like: the highlight of his talk;the highlight of the concert series.
- the area of most intense light on a represented form, as in a painting or photograph.
- a section of hair that has been dyed lighter.
- an area of the lightest tone in a painting, drawing, photograph, etc
- the most exciting or memorable part of an event or period of time
- a bleached blond streak in the hair
- to mark (any brightly illuminated or prominent part of a form or figure) with light tone
- to bring notice or emphasis to
- to be the highlight of
- to produce blond streaks in (the hair) by bleaching
