portray

[Por*tray·]

When you paint a picture of someone, either in words or in paint, you portray them. Actors portray characters too.

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To paint or draw the likeness of; as, to portray a king on horseback.

Verb
portray in words; "The book portrays the actor as a selfish person"

Verb
make a portrait of; "Goya wanted to portray his mistress, the Duchess of Alba"

Verb
represent in a painting, drawing, sculpture, or verbally; "The father is portrayed as a good-looking man in this painting"

Verb
assume or act the character of; "She impersonates Madonna"; "The actor portrays an elderly, lonely man"


v. t.
To paint or draw the likeness of; as, to portray a king on horseback.

v. t.
Hence, figuratively, to describe in words.

v. t.
To adorn with pictures.


Portray

Por*tray" , v. t. [Written also pourtray.] [imp. & p. p. portrayed ; p. pr. & vb. n. Portraying.] [OE. pourtraien, OF. portraire, pourtraire, F. portraire, fr. L. protrahere, protractum, to draw or drag forth; pro forward, forth + trahere to draw. See Trace, v. t., and cf. Protract.] 1. To paint or draw the likeness of; as, to portray a king on horseback.
Take a tile, and lay it before thee, and portray upon it the city, even Jerusalem.
2. Hence, figuratively, to describe in words. 3. To adorn with pictures. [R.]
Spear and helmets thronged, and shields Various with boastful arguments potrayed.

To paint or draw the likeness of; as, to portray a king on horseback.

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Usage Examples

Light and funny has a more compelling quality when you're younger. But I haven't abandoned the genre: I love falling down I love Lucille Ball. It's just that a lot of those stories revolve around problems that I can't convincingly portray at this age.

I'm very much into the costuming of any character that I portray and it's one of the great things about making movies is it's a collaborative art form so you get all these artists who are looking specifically about for this instance your character's costume and what that might tell about your character.

I find it rather easy to portray a businessman. Being bland, rather cruel and incompetent comes naturally to me.

As tempting as it seems to wear tennis shoes with your tux, don't do it. I think it looks ridiculous. If you're 14 years old, maybe give it a shot. In general, don't portray anything that says 'I'm too cool and I don't care.'

The true face of smoking is disease, death and horror - not the glamour and sophistication the pushers in the tobacco industry try to portray.

In my books, I never portray violence as a reasonable solution to a problem. If the lead characters in the story are driven to it, it's at the extreme end of their experience.

I hate the way they portray us in the media. If you see a black family it says they're looting, if you see a white family it says they're looking for food.

All I try to do is as earnestly and as acutely as I can, conceive a character and try to portray this character just honestly. If the humor is within the absurdity and the awfulness of situations, then let it be seen that way.

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Other Usage Examples

Movies such as 'Mr. Smith Goes to Washington' in 1939 to 'Dave' in 1993 portray Washington leaders as the ultimate Everymen - decent people just like you and me, only thrust onto greatness.

I mean, movies in general tend to sort of portray time, space and identity as these very solid things. Time moves forward. Space is what it is. You are you, and you're always you.

Singing is a way of releasing an emotion that you sometimes can't portray when you're acting. And music moves your soul, so music is the source of the most intense emotions you can feel. When you hear a song and you're acting it's incredible. But when you're singing a song and you're acting it's even more incredible.

Singing is a way of releasing an emotion that you sometimes can't portray when you're acting. And music moves your soul, so music is the source of the most intense emotions you can feel.

I think people in Botswana are pleased that my books paint a positive picture of their lives and portray the country as being very special. They've made a great success of their country, and the people are fed up with the constant reporting of only the problems and poverty of the continent. They welcome something which puts the positive side.

Growing up, sports was my outlet, my way to portray a personality. I was very shy around people but, through sports, something I was good at, I was able to make friends.

'Swan Lake' is the most difficult thing to portray for a female ballet dancer it really requires such specific qualities of articulation, agility, strength, and the arm work is something that takes a lot of training.

I'm just really thankful to have the chance to portray a character you don't see every day.

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