| means | (verb) create an image or likeness of; "The painter represented his wife as a young girl"
interpret, represent |
| means | (verb) represent by making a drawing of, as with a pencil, chalk, etc. on a surface; "She drew an elephant"; "Draw me a horse"
draw |
| means | (verb) make a portrait of; "Goya wanted to portray his mistress, the Duchess of Alba"
portray, limn, depict |
| means | (verb) represent abstractly, for example in a painting, drawing, or sculpture; "The father is portrayed as a good-looking man in this painting"
portray, present |
| means | (verb) trace the shape of
delineate, limn, outline |
| means | (verb) describe or portray the character or the qualities or peculiarities of; "You can characterize his behavior as that of an egotist"; "This poem can be characterized as a lament for a dead lover"
characterize, characterise, qualify |
| means | (verb) make a painting of; "He painted his mistress many times"
paint |
| means | (verb) write, draw, or trace with a pencil; "he penciled a figure"
pencil |
| means | (verb) make a mark or lines on a surface; "draw a line"; "trace the outline of a figure in the sand"
draw, line, describe, trace, delineate |
| means | (verb) communicate or express by writing; "Please write to me every week"
write |
| means | (verb) make or leave a mark on; "the scouts marked the trail"; "ash marked the believers' foreheads"
mark |
| means | (verb) show in, or as in, a picture; "This scene depicts country life"; "the face of the child is rendered with much tenderness in this painting"
render, show, depict, picture |
| means | (verb) make a sketch of; "sketch the building"
chalk out, sketch |
| means | (verb) describe roughly or briefly or give the main points or summary of; "sketch the outline of the book"; "outline his ideas"
outline, sketch, adumbrate |
| means | (verb) describe or present, usually with respect to a particular quality; "He represented this book as an example of the Russian 19th century novel"
represent |
| means | (verb) represent by means of a graph; "chart the data"
chart, graph |
| means | (verb) burn with a branding iron to indicate ownership; of animals
brand |
| means | (verb) make a schematic or technical drawing of that shows interactions among variables or how something is constructed
plot, diagram |
| means | (verb) provide with a flag; "Flag this file so that I can recognize it immediately"
flag |
| means | (verb) be characteristic of; "What characterizes a Venetian painting?"
characterise, characterize |
| means | (verb) make a painting; "he painted all day in the garden"; "He painted a painting of the garden"
paint |
| means | (verb) make a design of; plan out in systematic, often graphic form; "design a better mousetrap"; "plan the new wing of the museum"
design, plan |
| means | (verb) be a distinctive feature, attribute, or trait; sometimes in a very positive sense; "His modesty distinguishes him from his peers"
mark, differentiate, distinguish |
| means | (verb) produce a literary work; "She composed a poem"; "He wrote four novels"
compose, pen, write, indite |
| means | (verb) assign a label to; designate with a label; "These students were labelled `learning disabled'"
label |
| means | (verb) express indirectly by an image, form, or model; be a symbol; "What does the Statue of Liberty symbolize?"
typify, represent, symbolise, stand for, symbolize |
| means | (verb) make or work out a plan for; devise; "They contrived to murder their boss"; "design a new sales strategy"; "plan an attack"
project, design, contrive, plan |
| means | (verb) have as a meaning; "`multi-' denotes `many' "
refer, denote |
| means | (verb) be characteristic of; "This compositional style is exemplified by this fugue"
represent, exemplify |
| means | (verb) apply make-up or cosmetics to one's face to appear prettier; "She makes herself up every morning"
make up |
| means | (verb) write music; "Beethoven composed nine symphonies"
compose, write |
| means | (verb) draw within a figure so as to touch in as many places as possible
inscribe |
| means | (verb) record in writing; enter into a book of names or events or transactions
register |
| means | (verb) make a record of; set down in permanent form
put down, enter, record |
| means | (verb) mark or trace on a surface; "The artist wrote Chinese characters on a big piece of white paper"; "Russian is written with the Cyrillic alphabet"
write |
| means | (verb) play a role or part; "Gielgud played Hamlet"; "She wants to act Lady Macbeth, but she is too young for the role"; "She played the servant to her husband's master"
represent, act, play |
| means | (verb) record in a public office or in a court of law; "file for divorce"; "file a complaint"
register, file |
| means | (verb) to give an account or representation of in words; "Discreet Italian police described it in a manner typically continental"
describe, account, report |
| means | (verb) form or produce anew; "regenerate hatred"
regenerate |
| means | (verb) form or cut out with a mold, form, or die; "stamp needles"
stamp |
| means | (verb) color with dye; "Please dye these shoes"
dye |
| means | (verb) create the design for; create or execute in an artistic or highly skilled manner; "Chanel designed the famous suit"
design |
| means | (verb) assume or act the character of; "She impersonates Madonna"; "The actor portrays an elderly, lonely man"
impersonate, portray |
| means | (verb) make known; make an announcement; "She denoted her feelings clearly"
denote, announce |
| means | (verb) make, formulate, or derive in the mind; "I draw a line here"; "draw a conclusion"; "draw parallels"; "make an estimate"; "What do you make of his remarks?"
make, draw |
| means | (verb) engage in drawing; "He spent the day drawing in the garden"
draw |
| means | (verb) devise or compose; "This designer makes up our Spring collections"
make up |
| means | (verb) indicate a place, direction, person, or thing; either spatially or figuratively; "I showed the customer the glove section"; "He pointed to the empty parking space"; "he indicated his opponents"
point, show, designate, indicate |
| means | (verb) make tender or more tender as by marinating, pounding, or applying a tenderizer; "tenderize meat"
tenderise, tenderize, tender |
| means | (verb) portray in words; "The book portrays the actor as a selfish person"
portray |
| means | (verb) address, (a work of literature) in a style less formal than a dedication
inscribe |
| means | (verb) write, engrave, or print as a lasting record
inscribe |
| means | (verb) call to mind; "this remark evoked sadness"
paint a picture, evoke, suggest |
| means | (verb) mark with one's signature; write one's name (on); "She signed the letter and sent it off"; "Please sign here"
subscribe, sign |
| means | (verb) engage somebody to enter the army
enlist, muster in, draft |
| means | (verb) create code, write a computer program; "She writes code faster than anybody else"
write |