portrait

Definitions

1. A painting or other picture of a person, especially the head and shoulders.
   countable
2. A painting or other picture of a person, especially the head and shoulders
3. An accurate depiction of a person, a mood, etc.
   countable, figuratively
4. An accurate depiction of a person, a mood, etc
5. A print orientation where the vertical sides are longer than the horizontal sides.
   countable, uncountable
6. A print orientation where the vertical sides are longer than the horizontal sides
7. To portray; to draw
8. Representing the actual features of an individual; not ideal

Equivalents

Examples

“In portraits, the grace, and, we may add⟳, the likeness, consists more in the general air than in the exact similitude of every feature.”

“The author painted a good portrait of urban life in New York in his latest book.”

“She showed me her portrait, written by herself. I only remember⟳ what she states of her mouth, which, she says, was not only beautiful and red, but had a thousand little natural airs and graces not to be found in any other mouth. Oh, I must not forget⟳ her figure⟳, which, she assured the reader, was the best-made and the finest that could be seen: nothing could be more regular, more graceful, or more easy.”

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