portray
portray
(pɔːʳtreɪ )Word forms: 3rd person singular present tense portrays , present participle portraying , past tense, past participle portrayed
1. verb
In 1975 he portrayed the king in a Los Angeles revival of 'Camelot'. [VERB noun]
...the busty and rumbustious Mrs Hall, excellently portrayed by Toni Palmer. [VERB-ed]
2. verb
When a writer or artist portrays something, he or she writes a description or produces a painting of it.
...this northern novelist, who accurately portrays provincial domestic life. [VERB noun]
...the landscape as portrayed by painters such as Claude and Poussin. [VERB-ed]
3. verb
If a film, book, or television programme portrays someone in a certain way, it represents them in that way.
She says the programme portrayed her as a 'lady of easy virtue'. [VERB noun + as]
...complaints about the way women are portrayed in adverts. [be VERB-ed]
