limn
verb
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, ˈlim-niŋ \
Definition of limn
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Other Words from limn
, ˈlim-nər
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noun
Synonyms for limn
Synonyms
delineate, depict, describe, draw, image, paint, picture, portray, render, set out, sketch
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Whether writing about a brief recipe pamphlet or a dense guide to household management, Tipton-Martin gives each book a generous page or more of comment, limning the biographies of the authors and celebrating their accomplishments. — Helen Rosner, The New Yorker, "The Best Cookbooks of the Century So Far," 14 July 2019 The choreographer’s characteristic mix of fluid movement and sudden change of direction for this limb or that, effortless lifts that suggest flight, limn the bigger gestures of the music. — Mark Swed, latimes.com, "Review: Thomas Adès’ spectacular ‘Inferno’ gets the Wayne McGregor and Tacita Dean touch," 14 July 2019 The candidate is seen from the back, a spotlight limning his head and the fingers on his right hand. — WSJ, "‘In Mid-Sentence’ Review: An Ad Hoc Genre," 18 June 2019 With her characteristic storytelling brio, Oates limns in her first 125 pages a fraught family that mirrors a fraught community. — Wendy Smith, BostonGlobe.com, "Not perhaps the best by a master of the troubling and thoughtful but still pretty good," 13 June 2019 Over this go juicy tomatoes and cucumber limned with vinegar and olive oil, and finally a scattering of cilantro, dill and raw jalapeños — just a few, but vital. — Ligaya Mishan, New York Times, "At Cafe Dushanbe, a Chef Stays True to His Tajik Roots," 21 June 2018 In short, crisply readable chapters, Greenblatt limns a bagful of Shakespeare’s tyrants. — Alex Beam, BostonGlobe.com, "Stephen Greenblatt’s ‘Tyrant’ joins this year’s crop of hate reads," 2 May 2018 The episode is perfect insight into mainstream American views of othered places — Africa or Asia, New Orleans or Compton — a story limned by limited outsiders and thus nonrepresentative, objectified and objectionable. — Tunde Wey, San Francisco Chronicle, "The power of those who get to tell the stories," 18 Mar. 2018 By definition, Wakanda was a concept whose reality could not be limned in the usual ways. — Peter Manseau, Washington Post, "The surprising religious backstory of ‘Black Panther’s’ Wakanda," 7 Mar. 2018These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'limn.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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