Paint A Picture

  

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Paint A Picture

Definition: Paint A Picture

Paint A Picture

Verb

1. Call to mind or evoke.

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 

Synonyms: Paint A Picture

Synonyms: evoke (v), suggest (v). (additional references)

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Crosswords: Paint A Picture

English words defined with "paint a picture": DepictureTo set the palette. (references)

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Modern Usage: Paint A Picture

DomainUsage

Lyrics

I paint a picture of the days gone by ("I Remember You"; performing artist: Skid Row)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Commercial Usage: Paint A Picture

DomainTitle

Theater & Movies

  • Art " Paint A Picture With Conni Gordon "The Seascape * Moonlight Lessons" (reference)

    (more DVD examples; more video examples)

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Non-Fiction Usage: Paint A Picture

SubjectTopicQuote

Economic History

Italy

While the per capita volume figures paint a picture of a fish and vegetable hungry Mediterranean nation, the per capita value figures also point to a group of health conscious modern consumers willing to pay a premium for quality food products. (references)

Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits.

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Spoken Usage: Paint A Picture

SpeakerPhrase(s)

Rush Limbaugh

They're trying to paint a picture that only Republicans want to pollute, that it is somehow a Republican strategy to pollute because there is somehow profit in polluting and that's what they want to tie together in people's minds.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Expression: Paint A Picture

Expression using "paint a picture": paint a picture of smth.. Additional references.

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Modern Translations: Paint A Picture

Language Translations for "paint a picture"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.

French

  

faire un tableau de qch (paint a picture of smth.). (various references)

   

Pig Latin

  

aintpay aay icturepay.(various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Anagrams: Paint A Picture

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Words within the letters "a-a-c-e-i-i-n-p-p-r-t-t-u"

-2 letters: participant, participate, precipitant.

-3 letters: anticipate, patriciate.

-4 letters: appertain, catnapper, crepitant, intricate, patrician.

-5 letters: actiniae, antirape, anuretic, apatetic, apparent, attainer, cantraip, capitate, carinate, catnaper, craniate, interact, intercut, neuritic, paintier, pancetta, patinate, pittance, priapean, principe, punctate, reactant, reattain, taciturn, tincture, trappean, triptane, truncate, tunicate, uintaite, uranitic, urticant, urticate.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Alternative Orthography: Paint A Picture


Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)

50 61 69 6E 74      41      50 69 63 74 75 72 65

Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519; backwards) (references)

        

Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)

01010000 01100001 01101001 01101110 01110100 00100000 01000001 00100000 01010000 01101001 01100011 01110100 01110101 01110010 01100101

HTML Code (1990) (references)

&#80 &#97 &#105 &#110 &#116 &#32 &#65 &#32 &#80 &#105 &#99 &#116 &#117 &#114 &#101

ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)

0050 0061 0069 006E 0074      0041      0050 0069 0063 0074 0075 0072 0065

Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)

5067758086235250756986878471

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INDEX

1. Definition
2. Synonyms
3. Crosswords
4. Usage: Modern
5. Usage: Commercial
6. Quotations: Non-fiction
7. Quotations: Spoken
8. Expressions
9. Translations: Modern
10. Anagrams
11. Orthography
12. Bibliography


  

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