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| chalk |
to write down or portray in a drawing with chalk. [1/6 definitions] |
| delineate |
to describe or portray in precise or vivid detail. [1/2 definitions] |
| depict |
to portray or represent, as in a painting, sculpture, or written work. |
| draw |
to portray with a pen or pencil. [2/19 definitions] |
| image |
to picture in the mind or portray in words. [1/10 definitions] |
| mime |
to act or portray with hand and body gestures only. [1/6 definitions] |
| nonrepresentational |
designating a style in visual arts by which the artist does not attempt to portray objects or people of the natural world; abstract. |
| overact |
to portray (a dramatic role) with an exaggerated manner; overplay. |
| personate1 |
to act or portray (a character in a play or masquerade). [1/3 definitions] |
| represent |
to depict or portray, as in art. [1/8 definitions] |
| satirize |
to portray as being ridiculous by using satire; deride or attack with satire. |
| symbolist |
a writer or artist who uses symbolic language, imagery, and the like to portray ideas, emotions, and attitudes, esp. any of certain French artists or writers in the latter part of the nineteenth century. [1/2 definitions] |
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