Meaning of 'picture'

noun

graphic art consisting of an artistic composition made by applying paints to a surface

Synonyms: painting

noun

a representation of a person or scene in the form of a print or transparent slide

Synonyms: exposure

noun

a visual representation (of an object or scene or person or abstraction) produced on a surface

Example: "they showed us the pictures of their wedding"

Synonyms: image

noun

a typical example of some state or quality

Example: "the very picture of a modern general"

noun

a clear and telling mental image

Example: "They described their mental picture of the assailant."

Synonyms: impression

noun

the visible part of a television transmission

Example: "they could still receive the sound but the picture was gone"

Synonyms: video

noun

a form of entertainment that enacts a story by sound and a sequence of images giving the illusion of continuous movement

Synonyms: film

noun

illustrations used to decorate or explain a text

Example: "the dictionary had many pictures"

Synonyms: pictorial matter

noun

a graphic or vivid verbal description

Example: "too often the narrative was interrupted by long word pictures"

Synonyms: characterization

noun

a situation treated as an observable object

Example: "the political picture is favorable"

Synonyms: scene

verb

imagine

Synonyms: figure

verb

show in, or as in, a picture

Synonyms: show