1. to describe 2. to depict by painting or drawing

This word sounds exactly the same as limb, so it might be a source of confusion if spoken. It appears in The Number by Lee Eisenberg: “One head belongs to a man who sits atop the economic Establishment, with easy access to the Bushes, Clinton, Rubin, Greenspan, so you figure he’s more than a garden-variety alarmist when he limns how badly you, and we, have mortgaged our futures.”