picture

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”

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”

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”

a situation treated as an observable object

• “the political picture is favorable”
• “the religious scene in England has changed in the last century”

illustrations used to decorate or explain a text

• “the dictionary had many pictures”

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”

the visible part of a television transmission

• “they could still receive the sound but the picture was gone”

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”

a typical example of some state or quality

• “the very picture of a modern general”
• “she was the picture of despair”

imagine; conceive of; see in one''s mind

• “I can”
• “;”
• “;”

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”