picture
n 1: a visual representation of an object or scene or person
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: {image},
{icon}, {ikon}]
2: 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}]
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}, {impression}]
4: a situation treated as an observable object; "the political
picture is favorable" or "the religious scene in England
has changed in the last century" [syn: {scene}]
5: illustrations used to decorate or explain a text; "the
dictionary had many pictures" [syn: {pictorial matter}]
6: a form of entertainment that enacts a story by 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}, {moving picture}, {motion
picture}, {picture show}, {flick}]
7: the visible part of a television transmission; "they could
still receive the sound but the picture was gone" [syn: {video}]
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" [syn:
{word picture}, {word-painting}, {delineation}, {depiction},
{characterization}]
9: a typical example of some state or quality; "the very
picture of a modern general"; "she was the picture of
despair"
v 1: imagine; see in one's mind; "I can't see him on horseback!"
"I can see what will happen" [syn: {visualize}, {envision},
{project}, {fancy}, {see}, {figure}, {image}]
2: show in, or as in, a picture; "This scene depicts country
life" [syn: {depict}, {show}]