If you depict someone or something, you show what that person or thing is like—either in some kind of image (such as a drawing, painting, photograph, or movie), or with words.

DEPICT definition: 1. to represent or show something in a picture or story: 2. to represent or show something in a…. Learn more.

DEPICT definition: to represent by or as if by painting or other visual image; portray; delineate. See examples of depict used in a sentence.

To depict someone or something means to show or represent them in a work of art such as a drawing or painting. ...a gallery of pictures depicting Nelson's most famous battles. [VERB noun]

Definition of depict verb in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.

When you depict something, you draw a picture of it, describe it, or show what it looks like. So grab a crayon, a paint brush, or even an Etch-A-Sketch and start depicting.

1. To represent in a picture or sculpture: Each page's border has designs that depict forest animals. 2. To represent in words; describe: stories that depict life on the frontier.

DEPICT meaning: 1. to represent or show something in a picture or story: 2. to represent or show something in a…. Learn more.

Synonyms for DEPICT: describe, portray, render, illustrate, paint, characterize, set out, delineate; Antonyms of DEPICT: distort, misrepresent, color, falsify, twist, misstate, pervert, warp

DEPICTING meaning: 1. present participle of depict 2. to represent or show something in a picture or story: . Learn more.