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LIMN
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Dictionary entry overview: What does limn mean?
• LIMN (verb)
The verb LIMN has 2 senses:
Familiarity information: LIMN used as a verb is rare.
Dictionary entry details
Conjugation: |
Past simple: limned
Past participle: limned
-ing form: limning
Sense 1
Meaning:
Trace the shape of
Classified under:
Verbs of sewing, baking, painting, performing
Synonyms:
Hypernyms (to "limn" is one way to...):
draw (represent by making a drawing of, as with a pencil, chalk, etc. on a surface)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "limn"):
lipstick (form by tracing with lipstick)
contour (form the contours of)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s something
Sense 2
Meaning:
Make a portrait of
Classified under:
Verbs of sewing, baking, painting, performing
Synonyms:
Context example:
Goya wanted to portray his mistress, the Duchess of Alba
Hypernyms (to "limn" 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
Derivation:
limner (a painter or drawer of portraits)
Context examples
For an eternal second he stood in the midst of a portrait gallery, wherein she occupied the central place, while about her were limned many women, all to be weighed and measured by a fleeting glance, herself the unit of weight and measure.
(Martin Eden, by Jack London)
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