Synonyms for limning
limn·ing

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1. delineation, depiction, limning, line drawingnoun

   a drawing of the outlines of forms or objects

   Synonyms:
   characterization, line drawing, depiction, characterisation, depicting, word-painting, word picture, delineation, portrayal, portraying, picture

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1. • Drawing

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1. limningnoun

   Synonyms:
   painting (in water colors)

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1. Chris Morris:

   And what do the Theban hoplites see in this extended rending of the sky, this white-bright glory of Enlil's lightning? The future, but not theirs: paired cavalry fighters; formed ranks of armored death; grim men on their tall horses with lightning limning weapons tailored to the task; men spoiling for a fight if the gods allowed -- the Sacred Band of Stepsons, out from shadows and the dark.

2. Chris Morris:

   And what do the Theban hoplites see in this extended rending of the sky, this white-bright glory of Enlil's lightning? The future, but not theirs: paired cavalry fighters; formed ranks of armored death; grim men on their tall horses with lightning limning weapons tailored to the task; men spoiling for a fight if the gods allowed -- the Sacred Band of Stepsons, out from shadows and the dark.