(~s, ~ing, ~ed)
1.
To ~ someone or something means to show or represent them in a work of art such as a drawing or painting.
...a gallery of pictures ~ing Nelson’s most famous battles.
VERB: V n
2.
To ~ someone or something means to describe them or give an impression of them in writing.
Margaret Atwood’s novel ~s a gloomy, futuristic America...
Children’s books often ~ farmyard animals as gentle, lovable creatures.
= portray
VERB: V n, V n as n