portrait

noun

A likeness of a person, especially one showing the face, that is created by a painter or photographer, for example.

noun

A verbal representation or description, especially of a person.

noun

A dramatic representation of a character.

noun

The orientation of a page such that the longer side runs from top to bottom.

To portray; draw.

noun

A drawing, representation, delineation, or picture of a person or a thing; specifically, a picture of a person, drawn from life; especially, a picture or representation of the face; a likeness, whether executed in oil or water-color, in crayon, on steel, by photography, in marble, etc., but particularly in oil: as, a painter of portraits.

noun

A vivid description or delineation in words.

transitive verb

To portray; to draw.

noun

The likeness of a person, painted, drawn, or engraved; commonly, a representation of the human face painted from real life.

noun

Hence, any graphic or vivid delineation or description of a person.