porthole, n. opening, aperture, orifice; Naut. port, window, Archit. fenestra, deadlight; slot, peephole, keyhole, vent; squint, hagioscope; casement, embrasure, crenel, loophole, grill, lattice, wicket; bull's-eye, oxeye, Fr. oeil-de-boeuf. portico, n. porch, veranda, stoop; gallery, galilee, vestibule, loggia. portion, n. 1. part, section, segment, division, proportion, majority, minority; piece, parcel, fragment, cantle, batch; sector, subdivision, detail, detachment; particle, scrap, morsel, bit, handful, cupful; slice, wedge, sliver, finger, rasher; cutting, sample, specimen, some; hunk, chunk, lump, stump, butt, corner; fraction, percentile, half, third, quarter, fifth, etc.
2. share, allotment, lot, dividend, quota, apportion ment, assignment; commission, consignment, SI. cut, SI. whack; stake, stock, SI. rake-off, percentage; measure, dose, amount, quantity, meed, modicum; pittance, dole, deal, stint; allowance, moiety, ration, SI.
chunk, SI. slice of the pie.
3. plate, platter, serving, helping, help, course, dish;
second helping, seconds, Inf. taste, ration.
4. dowry, dotation, Civil Law. dot, dower; inheritance, heritage, legacy, endowment; disposition, settlement, bequeathal, bequest, enfeoffment.
5. lot, fortune, fate, destiny, kismet, luck; cup, God's will, will of Heaven.
-v. 6. distribute, disperse, allot, apportion, allocate, dole, deal, parcel; assign, consign, administer, mete, dispense; partition, quarter, break up, cut up, segment, sector, canton; divide, SI. divvy up, halve, carve up, split.
7. endow, Law. devise, vest, invest, enfeoff; bequeath, leave, will to, pass on, hand down; bless with, favor with, grace with, give a dowry, portly, adj. fat, corpulent, obese, plump, fatty; stout, stocky, well-built, large, ample, Scot. fodgel; strapping, burly, brawny, beefy, meaty, thickset; paunchy, potbellied, Obs. gorbellied, well-fed; squat, pursy, dumpy, lumpish; Inf. chunky, chubby, tubby, roly-poly, podgy, pudgy, portrait, n. 1. representation, likeness, facsimile, image, semblance; resemblance, depictment, illustration; simulacrum, icon, copy; painting, canvas, study; profile, cameo, silhouette, effigy, head, miniature; drawing, sketch, line drawing, pen and ink, caricature, cartoon; photograph, Inf. photo, snapshot, Inf. shot, Inf. candid, Inf. pin-up; close-up, Inf. still, tableau.
2. description, depiction, picturization, rendering, rendition; account, graphic account, report, detail; vignette, thumbnail sketch, characterization; narrative, relation, recounting, recreation, telling, retelling; reenactment, recital, recitation, Inf. rehash; story, tale, record, history, chronicle. portraiture, n. 1. representation, picturization, portrait-painting; painting, drawing, sketching, coloring, photography.
2. drawing, representation, delineation, figuration; depiction, rendition, rendering, characterization.
3. description, account, sketch, vignette. See portrait (def. 2). portray, v. 1. represent, picture, paint, sketch, draw, cartoon, caricature, illustrate, Archaic, character; delineate, Archaic, limn, trace, figure, contour, rub; diagram, map, chart, draft, block out.
2. play, pose as, characterize, personify, assume, play or act the part of; reproduce, impersonate, personate, enact, Inf. take off.
3. describe, depict, figure, characterize, render; picture, paint a mental picture, paint in words, set forth, put in words; define, detail, outline, specify, elucidate, flesh out, fill in the details; recreate, revivify, evoke,