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Noun: limning  lim-ning or li-ming
  1. A drawing of the outlines of forms or objects
    - delineation, depiction, line drawing
Verb: limn  lim
  1. Trace the shape of
    - delineate, outline
     
  2. (art) make a portrait of
    "Goya wanted to limn his mistress, the Duchess of Alba";
    - portray, depict

Type of: draw, drawing, interpret, represent

Encyclopedia: Limning