[noun] 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" Synonyms: image, icon, ikon
[noun] 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" Synonyms: painting
[noun] 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" Synonyms: mental impression
[noun] a situation treated as an observable object; "the political picture is favorable"; "the religious scene in England has changed in the last century" Synonyms: scene
[noun] illustrations used to decorate or explain a text; "the dictionary had many pictures" Synonyms: pictorial matter
[noun] 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" Synonyms: movie, film, moving moving- show, motion motion- show, show, pic, flick
[noun] the visible part of a television transmission; "they could still receive the sound but the picture was gone" Synonyms: video
[noun] 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" Synonyms: word word-painting, delineation, depiction, characterization, characterisation
[noun] a typical example of some state or quality; "the very picture of a modern general"; "she was the picture of despair"
[verb] 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" Synonyms: visualize, visualise, envision, project, fancy, see, figure, image
[verb] 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" Synonyms: depict, render, show
