limn

Verb

1. trace the shape of
   • Synonyms
     • delineate
     • outline
   • Less specific
     • draw
   • More specific
     • lipstick
     • contour
   • Related
     • outline
     • lineation
     • delineative
     • depictive
     • delineation
     • depiction
     • limning
     • line drawing
     • depiction
     • delineation
     • portrayal
2. make a portrait of; “Goya wanted to portray his mistress, the Duchess of Alba”
   • Synonyms
     • portray
     • depict
   • Less specific
     • represent
     • interpret
   • Related
     • portraitist
     • portrait painter
     • portrayer
     • limner
     • delineative
     • depictive
     • depicting
     • depiction
     • portraying
     • portrayal
     • painting
     • picture
     • depicting
     • depiction
     • portraying
     • portrayal
     • portraitist
     • portrait painter
     • portrayer
     • limner
     • portraiture
     • depicting
     • depiction
     • portraying
     • portrayal
     • depicting
     • depiction
     • portraying
     • portrayal
   • Topic Members
     • art
     • artistic creation
     • artistic production

From LookUp: Verb

1. Art Literary depict or describe in painting or words Miss Read limns a gentler world in her novels

suffuse or highlight (something) with a bright color or light a crescent moon limned each shred with white gold