sym·bol·ize symbolizes symbolizing symbolized in BRIT, also use symbolise If one thing symbolizes another, it is used or regarded as a symbol of it. The fall of the Berlin Wall symbolised the end of the Cold War between East and West. the post-war world order symbolised by the United Nations. if something symbolizes a quality, feeling etc, it represents it
express indirectly by an image, form, or model; be a symbol; "What does the Statue of Liberty symbolize?"
represent or identify by using a symbol; use symbols; "The poet symbolizes love in this poem"; "These painters believed that artists should symbolize