Portray

Verb

 * 1) To paint or draw the likeness of.
 * 2)  To describe in words; to convey.
 * 3) To play a role; to depict a character or person.
 * 4) To adorn with pictures.
 * 1) To adorn with pictures.
 * 1) To adorn with pictures.

Related terms

 * portrait
 * portrayal

Adverbs for Portray
magnificently; graphically; vigorously; ironically; accurately; vividly; objectively; nebulously; sharply; pathetically; alluringly; realistically;  somberly;   sympathetically; poetically.

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

Alternative forms

 * pourtray

Etymology
portraire:.

Translations

 * Croatian: portretirati
 * French:
 * German:
 * Hungarian: megfest


 * Polish:
 * Portuguese:
 * Spanish:


 * German:
 * Hungarian:, lefest


 * Polish: portretować, opisywać
 * Spanish:

Anagrams

 * parroty