picture
| 1. |
(verb) show in, or as in, a picture; "This scene depicts country life" |
|
Synonyms: depict, show |
|
Related Words: illustrate, interpret, map, represent |
|
| 2. |
(noun) a visual representation of an object or scene or person 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: icon, ikon, image |
|
Related Words: bitmap, chiaroscuro, cyclorama, diorama, electronic image, exposure, foil, inset, likeness, panorama, photo, photograph, reflection, representation, semblance, sonogram, transparency |
|
| 3. |
(noun) a typical example of some state or quality; "the very picture of a modern general"; "she was the picture of despair" |
|
Related Words: exemplification, typification, typifying |
|
| 4. |
(noun) illustrations used to decorate or explain a text; "the dictionary had many pictures" |
|
Synonyms: pictorial matter |
|
Related Words: illustration |
|
| 5. |
(noun) a situation treated as an observable object; "the political picture is favorable" or "the religious scene in England has changed in the last century" |
|
Synonyms: scene |
|
Related Words: situation, state of affairs |
|
| 6. |
(noun) 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 |
|
Related Words: abstraction, daub, finger painting, graphic art, icon, ikon, illumination, landscape, miniature, monochrome, mural, nude, nude painting, oil painting, portrait, sand painting, seascape, semi-abstraction, still life, trompe l'oeil, wall painting, watercolor |
|
| 7. |
(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: impression, mental picture |
|
Related Words: image, mental image |
|
| 8. |
(noun) the visible part of a television transmission; "they could still receive the sound but the picture was gone" |
|
Synonyms: video |
|
Related Words: visual communication |
|
| 9. |
(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: film, flick, motion picture, movie, moving picture, picture show |
|
Related Words: 3-D, 3D, cinema verite, coming attraction, docudrama, documentary, documentary film, feature, feature film, home movie, infotainment, peepshow, shoot-'em-up, short subject, show, silent movie, slow motion, talkie, talking picture, three-D |
|
| 10. |
(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" |
|
Synonyms: characterization, delineation, depiction, word picture, word-painting |
|
Related Words: description, epithet, portrait, portraiture, portrayal, verbal description |
|
| 11. |
(verb) imagine; see in one's mind; "I can't see him on horseback!" "I can see what will happen" |
|
Synonyms: envision, fancy, figure, image, project, see, visualize |
|
Related Words: conceive of, envisage, ideate, imagine |
|
|