PAINT A PICTURE Synonyms

• a gully that is shallower than a ravine

• an entertainer who attracts large audiences

• the finish of a contest in which the score is tied and the winner is undecided

• anything (straws or pebbles etc.) taken or chosen at random

• a playing card or cards dealt or taken from the pack

• a golf shot that curves to the left for a right-handed golfer

• (American football) the quarterback moves back as if to pass and then hands the ball to the fullback who is running toward the line of scrimmage

• poker in which a player can discard cards and receive substitutes from the dealer

• the act of drawing or hauling something

• cause to move by pulling

• get or derive

• make a mark or lines on a surface

• make, formulate, or derive in the mind

• bring, take, or pull out of a container or from under a cover

• represent by making a drawing of, as with a pencil, chalk, etc. on a surface

• take liquid out of a container or well

• give a description of

• select or take in from a given group or region

• elicit responses, such as objections, criticism, applause, etc.

• suck in or take (air)

• move or go steadily or gradually

• remove (a commodity) from (a supply source)

• choose at random

• earn or achieve a base by being walked by the pitcher

• bring or lead someone to a certain action or condition

• to obtain a liquid from somewhere

• write a legal document or paper

• engage in drawing

• move or pull so as to cover or uncover something

• allow a draft

• require a specified depth for floating

• pull (a person) apart with four horses tied to his extremities, so as to execute him

• cause to move in a certain direction by exerting a force upon, either physically or in an abstract sense

• take in, also metaphorically

• direct toward itself or oneself by means of some psychological power or physical attributes

• thread on or as if on a string

• stretch back a bowstring (on an archer's bow)

• pass over, across, or through

• finish a game with an equal number of points, goals, etc.

• shrink

• reduce the diameter of (a wire or metal rod) by pulling it through a die

• steep; pass through a strainer

• remove the entrails of

• flatten, stretch, or mold metal or glass, by rolling or by pulling it through a die or by stretching

• cause to localize at one point

• clarify by giving an example of

• depict with an illustration

• supply with illustrations

• portray in words

• make a portrait of

• assume or act the character of

• represent abstractly, for example in a painting, drawing, or sculpture

• a substance similar to stucco but exclusively applied to masonry walls

• cause to become

• give something useful or necessary to

• give an interpretation or rendition of

• give or supply

• pass down

• make over as a return

• give back

• to surrender someone or something to another

• show in, or as in, a picture

• coat with plastic or cement

• bestow

• restate (words) from one language into another language

• melt (fat or lard) in order to separate out impurities

• take the place of or be parallel or equivalent to

• express indirectly by an image, form, or model; be a symbol

• be representative or typical for

• be a delegate or spokesperson for; represent somebody's interest or be a proxy or substitute for, as of politicians and office holders representing their constituents, or of a tenant representing other tenants in a housing dispute

• serve as a means of expressing something

• be typical of

• form or compose

• be the defense counsel for someone in a trial

• create an image or likeness of

• play a role or part

• perform (a play), especially on a stage

• describe or present, usually with respect to a particular quality

• point out or draw attention to in protest or remonstrance

• bring forward and present to the mind

• to establish a mapping (of mathematical elements or sets)

• preliminary drawing for later elaboration

• a brief literary description

• short descriptive summary (of events)

• a humorous or satirical drawing published in a newspaper or magazine

• make a sketch of

• describe roughly or briefly or give the main points or summary of

• call forth (emotions, feelings, and responses)

• evoke or provoke to appear or occur

• deduce (a principle) or construe (a meaning)

• summon into action or bring into existence, often as if by magic

• call to mind

• make a proposal, declare a plan for something

• drop a hint; intimate by a hint

• imply as a possibility

• call to mind