Portrays (7)
I believe the answer is:
depicts
<span class="explanation-format__ClueExplanation">'<span class="explanation-format__original">portrays</span>' is the definition.<br/ ><span class="explanation-format__explanation">('depict' can be a synonym of 'portray')</span><br/ ><br/ >This is all the clue.<br/ ></span>
(Other definitions for depicts that I've seen before include "Paints or draws something" , "outlines" , "Describes or shows as picture" .)