PORTRAIT
\pˈɔːtɹe͡ɪt], \pˈɔːtɹeɪt], \p_ˈɔː_t_ɹ_eɪ_t]\
Definitions of PORTRAIT
- 2006 - WordNet 3.0
- 2011 - English Dictionary Database
- 2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
- 2010 - Medical Dictionary Database
- 1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
- 1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
- 1894 - The Clarendon dictionary
- 1871 - The Cabinet Dictionary of the English Language
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By Princeton University
By DataStellar Co., Ltd
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The likeness of a person, painted, drawn, or engraved; commonly, a representation of the human face painted from real life.
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Hence, any graphic or vivid delineation or description of a person; as, a portrait in words.
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To portray; to draw.
By Oddity Software
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Graphic representations, especially of the face, of real persons, usually posed, living or dead. (From Thesaurus for Graphic Materials II, p540, 1995)
By DataStellar Co., Ltd
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer
By Daniel Lyons
By William Hand Browne, Samuel Stehman Haldeman
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n. [French] A picture or representation of a person, and especially of the face, taken or drawn from the life ; a likeness drawn and painted in oil or water colours, &c.-usually classified as fall length, when the whole body is represented, and half or quarter length, when the bust or only the head is taken;--a photographic likeness ;- the likeness of an animal ;-the representation of any. natural object or scene ;-description or delineation in words.
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