limns

verb

present tense third-person singular of limn
as in describes
to give a representation or account of in words he limned the scene in the courtroom so perfectly I could practically see it

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Recent Examples of limns The anxiety is rooted in the mundane rather than the arch and limns how such mental strife makes others illegible to you. — Angelica Jade Bastién, Vulture, 19 Dec. 2025 By contrast, Borghi limns a figure of comingled sensuality, threat and eventual poignance, without ever appearing to reach for effect. — Dennis Harvey, Variety, 31 Oct. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for limns
  1. describes
  2. portrays
  3. depicts
Verb
  • The company describes its structure as an inverted pyramid, with store workers at the top.
    — Catherina Gioino, Fortune, 24 Oct. 2026
  • Meta describes this option as permanently deleting chat history, stored files and active tasks.
    — Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 23 Oct. 2026
Definition of describes
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  • Guitarricadelafuente portrays Sebastián, the focus of the film’s central timeline set during the Spanish Civil War.
    — David Canfield, HollywoodReporter, 21 Oct. 2026
  • The spinoff, which portrays Gibbs as an up-and-comer in the early ’90s, has intimately involved Harmon as an executive producer and narrator, but not so much an on-screen presence until a present-day flash-forward story was added for season 3.
    — Chris Willman, Variety, 20 Oct. 2026
Definition of portrays
Verb
  • The three-and-a-half-foot-tall marble fragment depicts only the emperor’s torso, adorned in an elegant bronze cuirass.
    — Alex Greenberger, ARTnews.com, 22 Oct. 2026
  • The show’s take on Holmes depicts the facts to interrogate the person.
    — Ben Travers, IndieWire, 22 Oct. 2026
Definition of depicts

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