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kuvata — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • delineate verb To sketch out, draw or trace an outline.
  • depict verb To show or represent something through a picture, description, or performance.
  • describe verb To put something into words, giving an account of what it is like.
  • illustrate verb To explain or clarify something by using an example or comparison.
  • image noun A visual representation of something, such as a picture, photo, or drawing.
  • map noun A drawing or diagram showing the layout of an area, such as roads, borders, or landmarks.
  • photo noun A picture taken with a camera or phone.
  • represent verb To act or speak on behalf of someone else.
  • shoot verb To fire a weapon, or to hit someone or something with a projectile from one.

Senses

kuvata is used for these senses in English:

  • delineate To depict, represent with pictures.
  • depict To render a representation of something, using words, sounds, images, or other means. [from early 15th c.]
  • describe (transitive, mathematics) To give rise to a geometrical structure.
  • illustrate (figurative) To clarify something by giving, or serving as, an example or a comparison.
  • image (transitive) To represent by an image or symbol; to portray.
  • image (transitive) To create an image of.
  • map (mathematics, transitive, followed by a "to" phrase) To act as a function on something, taking it to something else.
  • photo (transitive) To take a photograph of.

delineate — full definition

  1. verb To sketch out, draw or trace an outline.
  2. verb To depict, represent with pictures.
  3. verb To describe or depict with words or gestures.
  4. verb To outline or mark out.

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