portrait, portrayal
(noun) any likeness of a person, in any medium; “the photographer made excellent portraits”
portrayal, portraiture, portrait
(noun) a word picture of a person’s appearance and character
Source: WordNet® 3.1
portrait (countable and uncountable, plural portraits)
(countable) A painting or other picture of a person, especially the head and shoulders.
(countable, figuratively) An accurate depiction of a person, a mood, etc.
(computing, printing) A print orientation where the vertical sides are longer than the horizontal sides.
• (print mode or selection): landscape
• (print mode or selection): profile
portrait (third-person singular simple present portraits, present participle portraiting, simple past and past participle portraited)
(obsolete) To portray; to draw.
portrait (not comparable)
Representing the actual features of an individual; not ideal.
Source: Wiktionary
Por"trait, n. Etym: [F., originally p. p. of portraire to portray. See Portray.]
1. The likeness of a person, painted, drawn, or engraved; commonly, a representation of the human face painted from real life. In portraits, the grace, and, we may add, the likeness, consists more in the general air than in the exact similitude of every feature. Sir J. Reynolds.
Note: The meaning of the word is sometimes extended so as to include a photographic likeness.
2. Hence, any graphic or vivid delineation or description of a person; as, a portrait in words. Portrait bust, or Portrait statue, a bust or statue representing the actual features or person of an individual; -- in distinction from an ideal bust or statue.
Por"trait, v. t.
Definition: To portray; to draw. [Obs.] Spenser.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
25 November 2024
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