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 television transmission
"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"
10. (verb) photograph, photo, exposure, picture, pic
a representation of a person or scene in the form of a print or transparent slide; recorded by a camera on light-sensitive material
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"
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Definition of 'picture' 
