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# portray

verb (portrays, portrayed, portraying)

«portray» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. To portray someone is to paint, draw or photograph them. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/portray/#m1)
2. To portray someone is to show them in a story or on stage as a certain kind of person. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/portray/#m2)
3. To portray something is to describe it in words. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/portray/#m3)

### In the lessons

a tale or author shows a hero, villain or place in a particular way

### Examples

- The painter portrayed the queen in gold and blue. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/portray/#x1)
- The book portrays the sea as cruel. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/portray/#x2)
- The actor portrays the wicked king on stage. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/portray/#x3)

### Note

nothing for maths

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «portray» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/portray/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«portray» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/portray.html) on Mova free.