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
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 , pic ]
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 ]
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 , impression ]
a situation treated as an observable object; the political picture is favorable; the religious scene in England has changed in the last century
[ Syn: scene ]
illustrations used to decorate or explain a text; the dictionary had many pictures
[ Syn: pictorial matter ]
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 , movie , film , film , moving picture , moving picture , moving-picture show , moving-picture show , motion picture , motion picture , motion-picture show , motion-picture show , picture show , picture show , pic , pic , flick , flick ]
the visible part of a television transmission; they could still receive the sound but the picture was gone
[ Syn: video ]
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 , characterization , characterisation ]
a typical example of some state or quality; the very picture of a modern general; she was the picture of despair'
picture (n.)
imagine; conceive of; see in ones mind; I cant 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 , image ]
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