Limn is a verb that means "to represent" or "portray." It is most often used to describe the act of drawing or painting a portrait, but it can also refer to describing or outlining a scene or event.
How do you use limn in a sentence?
Limn in a Sentence ?
- The painter is known to limn pictures of his lovers on oil canvases.
- Several master artisans were asked to limn detailed pictures for the fire station, but only a few masterpieces were created.
- The writer tried to limn his childhood events into shorts stories, but he had trouble with the plots.
What does it mean to limn?
transitive verb. 1 : to draw or paint on a surface The artist limned a portrait. 2 : to outline in clear sharp detail : delineate he was limned by a streetlight— Stephen Coonts. 3 : describe the novel limns the frontier life of the settlers.
