limn

Other forms of limn

past tense

limned·

present participle

limning·

third person

limns·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about limn

What does limn mean?

limn means "trace the shape of". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in limn?

limn has 1 syllable: limn. In IPA it is /ˈlɪm/.

What is another word for limn?

Close synonyms include delineate, outline, portray, depict. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is limn a common word?

limn is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.

What rhymes with limn?

3 words rhyme with limn. Rhymes are matched on the phonemes from the last stressed vowel onward, which is the definition a reader has in their head.