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limns
Overview of verb limn
The verb limn has 2 senses (no senses from tagged texts)
1. delineate, limn, outline -- (trace the shape of)
2. portray, depict, limn -- (make a portrait of; "Goya wanted to portray his mistress, the Duchess of Alba")
Antonyms of verb limn
Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of verb limn
2 senses of limn
Sense 1
delineate, limn, outline
=> draw
=> represent, interpret
=> re-create
=> make, create
Sense 2
portray, depict, limn
=> represent, interpret
=> re-create
=> make, create
Troponyms (hyponyms) of verb limn
1 of 2 senses of limn
Sense 1
delineate, limn, outline
=> lipstick
=> contour
Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of verb limn
2 senses of limn
Sense 1
delineate, limn, outline
=> draw
Sense 2
portray, depict, limn
=> represent, interpret
'Cause To' of verb limn
Derived Forms of verb limn
1 of 2 senses of limn
Sense 2
portray, depict, limn
RELATED TO>(noun) limner#1
=> portraitist, portrait painter, portrayer, limner
Domain of verb limn
1 of 2 senses of limn
Sense 2
portray, depict, limn
TOPIC>(noun) art#2, artistic creation#1, artistic production#1
Domain Terms of verb limn
Familiarity of verb limn
limn used as a verb is rare (polysemy count =2)
Sample Sentences of verb limn
2 senses of limn
Sense 1
delineate, limn, outline
*> Somebody ----s something
Sense 2
portray, depict, limn
*> Somebody ----s something
*> Somebody ----s somebody
Coordinate Terms (sisters) of verb limn
2 senses of limn
Sense 1
delineate, limn, outline
> draw
=> pencil
=> delineate, limn, outline
=> rule
=> chalk
=> project
=> crayon
=> check, checker, chequer
=> charcoal
=> doodle
=> diagram, plot
=> cartoon
=> shade, fill in
=> sketch, chalk out
Sense 2
portray, depict, limn
> represent, interpret
=> sensualize, carnalize
=> silhouette
=> animalize, animalise
=> profile
=> paint
=> capture
=> picture, depict, render, show
=> stylize, stylise, conventionalize
=> map
=> portray, depict, limn
=> portray, present
=> draw
=> model, mock up
=> graph, chart
Synonyms (Grouped by Similarity of Meaning) of verb limn
Sense 1
delineate, limn, outline
=> draw
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Sense 2
portray, depict, limn
=> represent, interpret
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Grep of verb limn
limn
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