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• to portray in words; describe;
• (outline)- the line by which a figure or object is defined or bounded;
contour, ( , );
• (portray)- to make a likeness of by drawing, painting, carving, or the like,
( , );
• (depict)- to represent by or as if by painting; portray; delineate, ( ,
, ); I have come across this terrified expression depicted upon
the faces of dead people more than once. — Monsieur Lecoq;
• (delineates)- to trace the outline of; sketch or trace in outline; represent
pictorially, ( ); That amendment, part of the Bill
of Rights, delineates the separation of powers between states and the federal
government;
• (lineaments)- a feature or detail of a face, body, or figure, considered with
respect to its outline or contour, ( ); His
hard lineaments were soft and fatherly now, and their tears attested how well
he was esteemed. — Tales of the Chesapeake;
omen = bode = forecast = foreshadow = forebode = foretell = prefigure =
presage = predict = portend = prognosticate = anticipate = auspicate = herald =
divine
• (omen)- anything perceived or happening that is believed to portend a good
or evil event or circumstance in the future; portent, ( );
We surely thought that this incident was an evil omen, and that we would be
killed if we remained there any longer. — The Life of Hon William F Cody;
• (bode)- to be an omen of; portend, ( , ,
); Their survival rate did not bode well for the future: natural
attrition was beginning to damage the cause as much as government
interference. — For Love of Mother-Not;
• (forecast)- to predict (a future condition or occurrence); calculate in
advance; This forecast is a current and preliminary view and is subject to
change;
• (foreshadow)- to show or indicate beforehand; prefigure, (
, , ); It appeared in fact to foreshadow war
with England. — Abraham Lincoln;
• (foreboding)- a strong inner feeling or notion of a future misfortune, evil,
etc.; presentiment, ( , ); The message filled
him with anxious foreboding, and he quickly prepared to return home at
once. — Conversion of a High Priest into a Christian Worker;