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limn
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")
Grep of noun limn
limner
limning
limnobium
limnocryptes
limnocryptes minima
limnodium spongia
limnodromus
limnodromus griseus
limnodromus scolopaceus
limnologist
limnology
limnos
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
Grep of adj limn
limnological
Grep of adv limn
limnologically
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