14. picture to depict in words; describe graphically.
Etymology: (1375–1425; late ME < L pictūra the act of painting, a painting =pict(us) (ptp. of pingere to paint ) +-ura-ure)
Definition of 'Picture'
Princeton's WordNet
1. (noun)picture, image, icon, ikon 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"
2. (noun)painting, picture 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"
3. (noun)mental picture, picture, impression 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"
4. (noun)picture, scene a situation treated as an observable object "the political picture is favorable"; "the religious scene in England has changed in the last century"
5. (noun)picture, pictorial matter illustrations used to decorate or explain a text "the dictionary had many pictures"
6. (noun)movie, film, picture, moving picture, moving-picture show, motion picture, motion-picture show, picture show, pic, flick 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"
7. (noun)video, picture the visible part of a televisiontransmission "they could still receive the sound but the picture was gone"
8. (noun)word picture, word-painting, delineation, depiction, picture, characterization, characterisation 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"
9. (noun)picture a typical example of some state or quality "the very picture of a modern general"; "she was the picture of despair"
11. (verb)visualize, visualise, envision, project, fancy, see, figure, picture, image 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"
12. (verb)picture, depict, render, show 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"
1. (noun)picture a stillimage taken with a camera; = photograph photographers taking pictures; a picture of his family
2. picture a drawing or painting to draw/paint a picture; She took all the pictures off the wall.
3. picture an image or the quality of an image on a screen pictures of marching soldiers on the news; The picture is all fuzzy.
4. picture an idea or description of what sth is like A picture began to form in my mind of a handsome wealthy man.; The article paints a vivid picture of this beautiful place.
5. picture get the picture to understand a situation I've explained it enough - I think you get the picture.
6. picture in the picture/out of the picture involved/not involved in a situation, sb's life, etc. His girlfriend's not in the picture anymore.
7. (verb)picture to imagine I can't picture her with long hair.; Try to picture what it must be like being homeless.
8. picture to show in a photograph, drawing, etc. the women pictured above
2. (noun)Picture a representation of anything (as a person, a landscape, a building) upon canvas, paper, or other surface, produced by means of painting, drawing, engraving, photography, etc.; a representation in colors. By extension, a figure; a model
3. (noun)Picture an image or resemblance; a representation, either to the eye or to the mind; that which, by its likeness, brings vividly to mind some other thing; as, a child is the picture of his father; the man is the picture of grief