'Portray' definitions:
Definition of 'portray'
(from WordNet)
verb
Portray in words; "The book portrays the actor as a selfish person"
verb
Make a portrait of; "Goya wanted to portray his mistress, the Duchess of Alba" [syn: portray, depict, limn]
verb
Assume or act the character of; "She impersonates Madonna"; "The actor portrays an elderly, lonely man" [syn: impersonate, portray]
verb
Represent abstractly, for example in a painting, drawing, or sculpture; "The father is portrayed as a good-looking man in this painting" [syn: portray, present]
Definition of 'Portray'
From: GCIDE
- Portray \Por*tray"\, v. t. [Written also pourtray.] [imp. & p. p. portrayed; p. pr. & vb. n. Portraying.] [OE. pourtraien, OF. portraire, pourtraire, F. portraire, fr. L. protrahere, protractum, to draw or drag forth; pro forward, forth + trahere to draw. See Trace, v. t., and cf. Protract.]
- 1. To paint or draw the likeness of; as, to portray a king on horseback. [1913 Webster]
- Take a tile, and lay it before thee, and portray upon it the city, even Jerusalem. --Ezek. iv. 1. [1913 Webster]
- 2. Hence, figuratively, to describe in words. [1913 Webster]
- 3. To adorn with pictures. [R.] [1913 Webster]
- Spear and helmets thronged, and shields Various with boastful arguments potrayed. --Milton. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'portray'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- act a part,
- act out,
- bring to life,
- cartoon,
- catch a likeness,
- chalk,
- character,
- characterize,
- charcoal,
- chart,
- color,
- copy,
- crayon,
- create a role,
- crosshatch,
- dash off,
- daub,
- delineate,
- depict,
- describe,
- design,
- diagram,
- doodle,
- draft,
- draw,
- duplicate,
- enact,
- evoke,
- express,
- give words to,
- hatch,
- hit off,
- image,
- impersonate,
- interpret,
- limn,
- map,
- notate,
- outline,
- paint,
- paint a picture,
- pencil,
- personate,
- photograph,
- picture,
- picturize,
- play a part,
- play a role,
- play opposite,
- pose as,
- print,
- register,
- render,
- represent,
- reproduce,
- rub,
- schematize,
- scratch,
- scumble,
- set forth,
- shade,
- show,
- sketch,
- stencil,
- support,
- sustain a part,
- symbolize,
- take a part,
- take a rubbing,
- tint,
- trace,
- trace out,
- trace over,
- write