DEPICT
Dictionary entry overview: What does depict mean?
• DEPICT (verb)
The verb DEPICT has 3 senses:
1. show in, or as in, a picture
2. give a description of
3. make a portrait of
Familiarity information: DEPICT used as a verb is uncommon.
Dictionary entry details
• DEPICT (verb)
Meaning:
Show in, or as in, a picture
Classified under:
Verbs of sewing, baking, painting, performing
Synonyms:
depict; picture; show; render
Context examples:
This scene depicts country life / the face of the child is rendered with much tenderness in this painting
Hypernyms (to "depict" is one way to...):
interpret; represent (create an image or likeness of)
Domain category:
art; artistic creation; artistic production (the creation of beautiful or significant things)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "depict"):
illustrate (depict with an illustration)
map (depict as if on a map)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s something
Meaning:
Give a description of
Classified under:
Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing
Synonyms:
describe; depict; draw
Context example:
He drew an elaborate plan of attack
Hypernyms (to "depict" is one way to...):
exposit; expound; set forth (state)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "depict"):
represent (describe or present, usually with respect to a particular quality)
delineate (describe in vivid detail)
adumbrate; outline; sketch (describe roughly or briefly or give the main points or summary of)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody
Something ----s somebody
Something ----s something
Meaning:
Make a portrait of
Classified under:
Verbs of sewing, baking, painting, performing
Synonyms:
limn; portray; depict
Context example:
Goya wanted to portray his mistress, the Duchess of Alba
Hypernyms (to "depict" is one way to...):
interpret; represent (create an image or likeness of)
Domain category:
art; artistic creation; artistic production (the creation of beautiful or significant things)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody
