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portray: portray in words; "The book portrays the actor as a selfish person"; make a portrait of; "Goya wanted to portray his mistress, the Duchess of Alba"; represent in a painting, drawing, sculpture, or verbally; "The father is portrayed as a good-looking man in this painting"

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notate collapse: put into notation, as of music or choreography; "Nowadays, you can notate an entire ballet; in the old days, the steps had to be memorized"

act out collapse: represent an incident, state, or emotion by action, especially on stage; "She could act neurotic anxiety"

personate collapse

crosshatch collapse: shade with multiple crossing lines; "the draftsman crosshatched the area"

describe collapse: give a description of; "He drew an elaborate plan of attack"

etch collapse: make an etching of

limn collapse

impersonate collapse: represent another person with comic intentions; assume or act the character of; "She impersonates Madonna"; "The actor portrays an elderly, lonely man"

symbolize collapse: represent or identify by using a symbol; use symbols; "The poet symbolizes love in this poem"; "These painters believed that artists should symbolize"

delineate collapse: describe in vivid detail; trace the shape of

depict collapse

interpret collapse: make sense of; assign a meaning to; "What message do you see in this letter?"; "How do you interpret his behavior?"; give an interpretation or rendition of; "The pianist rendered the Beethoven sonata beautifully"

characterize collapse: be characteristic of; "What characterizes a Venetian painting?"

stencil collapse: device that has a sheet perforated with printing through which ink or paint can pass to create a printed pattern; mark or print with a stencil

dash off collapse: write quickly; "She dashed off a note to her husband saying she would not be home for supper"; "He scratched off a thank-you note to the hostess"

evoke collapse

diagram collapse: a drawing intended to explain how something works; a drawing showing the relation between the parts; make a schematic or technical drawing of that shows how things work or how they are constructed

doodle collapse: make a doodle; draw aimlessly

enact collapse: act out; represent or perform as if in a play; "She reenacted what had happened earlier that day"

set forth collapse: state; "set forth one's reasons"

tint collapse: color lightly; "her greying hair was tinged blond"; "the leaves were tinged red in November"

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