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LIMN

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (verb) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Make a portrait of

Example:

Goya wanted to portray his mistress, the Duchess of Alba

Synonyms:

depict; limn; portray

Classified under:

Verbs of sewing, baking, painting, performing

Hypernyms (to "limn" is one way to...):

interpret; represent (create an image or likeness of)

Domain category:

art; artistic creation; artistic production (the creation of beautiful or significant things)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody

Derivation:

limner (a painter or drawer of portraits)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Trace the shape of

Synonyms:

delineate; limn; outline

Classified under:

Verbs of sewing, baking, painting, performing

Hypernyms (to "limn" is one way to...):

draw (represent by making a drawing of, as with a pencil, chalk, etc. on a surface)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "limn"):

lipstick (form by tracing with lipstick)

contour (form the contours of)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s something

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