Alluding

I am not alluding to any person in particular.

Tom is alluding to divorce.

I am alluding to Mary.

We are alluding to war.

Artemis, you need to do something useful with your life... you can tell that I'm alluding to your failing grade in English, right?

The Brazilian flag has a green background (alluding to the rainforest) with a yellow diamond (representative of gold and the country's wealth in mineral resources) in whose center a starry blue disc symbolizes the sky of the region, with the number of stars corresponding to the states of the federation. In the central belt is inscribed a motto of the country.

After alluding airily to the Vehmgericht, aqua tofana, Carbonari, the Marchioness de Brinvilliers, the Darwinian theory, the principles of Malthus, and the Ratcliff Highway murders, the article concluded by admonishing the Government and advocating a closer watch over foreigners in England.

What are you alluding to?

There are problems with homonyms in a language. I was a participant in a Pali-language discussion group on the Web. I brought up a question about the "stress"—accentuation—in Pali words. Some people imagined that I was alluding to "stress"—like emotional distress—which was not my intention. Homonyms may be a problem in effective communication.

The second shot of the scene features the protagonist and antagonist transposed, alluding to their similarities.