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PAINT A PICTURE

 I. (verb) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Call to mind

Example:

this remark evoked sadness

Synonyms:

evoke; paint a picture; suggest

Classified under:

Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing

Hypernyms (to "paint a picture" is one way to...):

evince; express; show (give expression to)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "paint a picture"):

reek; smack; smell (have an element suggestive (of something))

imply; incriminate; inculpate (suggest that someone is guilty)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s
Something ----s something

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