Picture - Definition

n 1: a visual representation (of an object or scene or person or
abstraction) produced on a surface; "they showed us the
pictures of their wedding"; "a movie is a series of images
projected so rapidly that the eye integrates them" [syn:
picture, image, icon, ikon]
2: graphic art consisting of an artistic composition made by
applying paints to a surface; "a small painting by Picasso";
"he bought the painting as an investment"; "his pictures hang
in the Louvre" [syn: painting, picture]
3: a clear and telling mental image; "he described his mental
picture of his assailant"; "he had no clear picture of
himself or his world"; "the events left a permanent
impression in his mind" [syn: mental picture, picture,
impression]
4: a situation treated as an observable object; "the political
picture is favorable"; "the religious scene in England has
changed in the last century" [syn: picture, scene]
5: illustrations used to decorate or explain a text; "the
dictionary had many pictures" [syn: picture, pictorial
matter]
6: a form of entertainment that enacts a story by sound and a
sequence of images giving the illusion of continuous
movement; "they went to a movie every Saturday night"; "the
film was shot on location" [syn: movie, film, picture,
moving picture, moving-picture show, motion picture,
motion-picture show, picture show, pic, flick]
7: the visible part of a television transmission; "they could
still receive the sound but the picture was gone" [syn:
video, picture]
8: a graphic or vivid verbal description; "too often the
narrative was interrupted by long word pictures"; "the author
gives a depressing picture of life in Poland"; "the pamphlet
contained brief characterizations of famous Vermonters" [syn:
word picture, word-painting, delineation, depiction,
picture, characterization, characterisation]
9: a typical example of some state or quality; "the very picture
of a modern general"; "she was the picture of despair"
10: a representation of a person or scene in the form of a print
or transparent slide; recorded by a camera on light-
sensitive material [syn: photograph, photo, exposure,
picture, pic]
v 1: imagine; conceive of; see in one's mind; "I can't see him
on horseback!"; "I can see what will happen"; "I can see a
risk in this strategy" [syn: visualize, visualise,
envision, project, fancy, see, figure, picture,
image]
2: show in, or as in, a picture; "This scene depicts country
life"; "the face of the child is rendered with much
tenderness in this painting" [syn: picture, depict,
render, show]