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/ˈpɔːtɹeɪt/ · noun
(countable) A painting or other picture of a person, especially the head and shoulders..
In portraits, the grace, and, we may add, the likeness, consists more in the general air than in the exact similitude of every feature.
The author painted a good portrait of urban life in New York in his latest book.
She showed me her portrait, written by herself. I only remember what she states of her mouth, which, she says, was not only beautiful and red, but had a thousand little natural airs and graces not to be found in any other mouth. Oh, I must not forget her figure, which, she assured the reader, was the best-made and the finest that could be seen: nothing could be more regular, more graceful, or more easy.
But all as in most exquisite pictures, they vse to blaze and portrait, not only the daintie lineaments or beautie, but also round about it to shadowe the rude thickets and craggy clifts
Methinkes yᵉ picture of Sᵗ George fighting with yᵉ Dragon hath some resemblance of Sᵗ Michael fighting with the Devil, who is pourtrated like a Dragon.
a portrait bust; a portrait statue
Use portrait when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Portrait means (countable) A painting or other picture of a person, especially the head and shoulders..
Common synonyms include portrayal, portraiture.
Possible antonyms include landscape, profile.
In portraits, the grace, and, we may add, the likeness, consists more in the general air than in the exact similitude of every feature.
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