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Picture Definition And Meaning
What's The Definition Of Picture? [n] 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" [n] 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" [n] a typical example of some state or quality; "the very picture of a modern general"; "she was the picture of despair" [n] 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" [n] the visible part of a television transmission; "they could still receive the sound but the picture was gone" [n] 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" [n] illustrations used to decorate or explain a text; "the dictionary had many pictures" [n] 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" [n] a situation treated as an observable object; "the political picture is favorable"; "the religious scene in England has changed in the last century" [v] 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" [v] 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" Synonyms \| Synonyms for Picture: characterisation \| characterization \| delineation \| depict \| depiction \| envision \| fancy \| figure \| film \| flick \| image \| image \| impression \| mental picture \| motion picture \| movie \| moving picture \| painting \| pic \| pictorial matter \| picture show \| project \| render \| scene \| see \| show \| video \| visualise \| visualize \| word picture \| word-painting Related Terms \| Find terms related to Picture: 3-D \| abstract \| abstraction \| aerial photograph \| ally \| altarpiece \| alter ego \| analogon \| analogue \| animated cartoon \| approach \| arrangement \| artwork \| associate \| attack \| badge \| banner \| beam \| beat signal \| black spot \| black-and-white film \| black-and-white photograph \| blips \| block print \| bloom \| blooping \| blueprint \| blueprinting \| bounces \| brass tacks \| bring to life \| brother \| calculation \| call to mind \| call up \| cameo \| candid photograph \| carbon copy \| cartoon \| catalog \| cataloging \| catch a likeness \| certified copy \| chalk \| character \| character sketch \| characteristic \| characterization \| characterize \| charcoal \| chart \| charting \| cheesecake \| chiller \| chronophotograph \| cine \| cinema \| Cinemascope \| Cinerama \| close copy \| close match \| cognate \| collage \| color \| color film \| color photograph \| color print \| companion \| complement \| concept \| conception \| conceptualization \| congenator \| congener \| conjure up \| contrivance \| coordinate \| copy \| correlate \| correlative \| correspondent \| counterfeit \| counterpart \| crayon \| creepie \| crosshatch \| CRT spot \| cyclorama \| dash off \| daub \| dead ringer \| definition \| delineate \| delineation \| depict \| depiction \| describe \| description \| design \| details \| device \| diagram \| diapositive \| differentia \| diptych \| display \| disposition \| DM display \| documentary \| documentary film \| doodle \| Doppler signal \| double \| double-dot display \| draft \| draw \| drawing \| duplicate \| earmark \| echo \| echo signal \| ectype \| educational film \| effigy \| eidetic image \| embodiment \| engraving \| enterprise \| envisage \| envisagement \| envisaging \| envision \| envisioning \| epitome \| equivalent \| essence \| essential facts \| essentials \| evocation \| evoke \| exact likeness \| express \| eyeful \| facsimile \| fair copy \| faithful copy \| fake \| fancy \| feature \| fellow \| figuring \| film \| flare \| flick \| flicker \| foresight \| forethought \| forgery \| fresco \| fringe area \| game \| ghost \| give words to \| granulation \| graphic account \| graphing \| grid \| ground plan \| guidelines \| hallmark \| hard shadow \| hatch \| heliochrome \| heliograph \| hit off \| horror picture \| horse opera \| icon \| idea \| idiosyncrasy \| idol \| IF signal \| illumination \| illustrate \| illustration \| IM display \| image \| imagery \| imagery study \| imagine \| imaging \| imagism \| imitation \| impression \| incarnation \| index \| indicant \| indicator \| insignia \| intention \| interpret \| itemization \| just see \| keynote \| kindred spirit \| layout \| lifelike image \| like \| likeness \| limn \| limning \| lineup \| living image \| living picture \| local oscillator signal \| long-range plan \| map \| mapping \| mark \| master plan \| match \| mate \| measure \| mental image \| mental picture \| mental representation \| method \| methodology \| miniature \| mirroring \| model \| montage \| mosaic \| motion picture \| motion-picture show \| movie \| moving picture \| mug \| mug shot \| multiple image \| mural \| near duplicate \| newsreel \| noise \| notate \| note \| notion \| nudie \| objectification \| objectify \| obverse \| operations research \| organization \| outline \| output signal \| paint \| paint a picture \| painting \| panorama \| parallel \| particularization \| pasticcio \| pastiche \| peculiarity \| pencil \| pendant \| personification \| phony \| photo \| photobiography \| photochronograph \| photodrama \| photograph \| photomap \| photomicrograph \| photomontage \| photomural \| photoplay \| picture noise \| picture shifts \| picture show \| picturing \| picturize \| pinup \| pips \| plan \| planning \| planning function \| poem \| poetic imagery \| pornographic film \| portrait \| portraiture \| portray \| portrayal \| prearrangement \| presentment \| preview \| print \| procedure \| profile \| program \| program of action \| property \| prototype \| radar signal \| rain \| rationalization \| reading \| realize \| reciprocal \| reflection \| register \| render \| rendering \| rendition \| represent \| representation \| representative \| reproduction \| resemblance \| return \| return signal \| RF echoes \| ringer \| rolling \| rub \| rubbing \| scanning pattern \| schedule \| schema \| schematism \| schematization \| schematize \| scheme \| scheme of arrangement \| scintillation \| scratch \| scumble \| seal \| second self \| see \| semblance \| set forth \| setup \| shade \| shading \| shadow \| short \| shot \| show \| sigil \| sign \| signal \| signal display \| signature \| silent \| silent film \| similitude \| simulacrum \| sister \| sketch \| skin flick \| slide \| snap \| snapshot \| sneak preview \| snow \| snowstorm \| soul mate \| spaghetti Western \| specification \| spit \| spit and image \| spitting image \| spot \| stained glass window \| stamp \| stencil \| still \| still life \| still photograph \| strategic plan \| strategy \| such \| suchlike \| summon up \| sure sign \| symbolize \| symptom \| system \| systematization \| tableau \| tactical plan \| tactics \| take a rubbing \| talkie \| talking picture \| tally \| tapestry \| target image \| Technicolor \| Telephoto \| telephotograph \| telltale sign \| the big picture \| the data \| the details \| the dope \| the facts \| the information \| the like of \| the likes of \| the particulars \| the picture \| the scoop \| the score \| the specifics \| the whole story \| thing of beauty \| thriller \| tint \| trace \| trace out \| trace over \| tracing \| trailer \| trait \| transmitter signal \| transparency \| triptych \| twin \| underground film \| understanding \| very image \| very picture \| video signal \| vignette \| vision \| visual image \| visualization \| visualize \| vivid description \| Vorstellung \| wall painting \| way \| Western \| Wirephoto \| word painting \| word-painting \| working plan \| write See Also \| 3D \| 3-D \| abstraction \| bitmap \| caption \| chiaroscuro \| cinema verite \| coming attraction \| conceive of \| credit \| credits \| cyclorama \| daub \| description \| diorama \| docudrama \| documentary \| documentary film \| drawing \| electronic image \| envisage \| episode \| epithet \| exemplification \| exposure \| feature \| feature film \| finger painting \| foil \| graphic art \| home movie \| icon \| ideate \| ikon \| illumination \| illustrate \| illustration \| image \| imagine \| infotainment \| inset \| interpret \| landscape \| likeness \| map \| mental image \| miniature \| monochrome \| mural \| nude \| nude painting \| oil painting \| panorama \| peepshow \| photo \| photograph \| pic \| portrait \| portrait \| portraiture \| portrayal \| reflection \| reflexion \| represent \| representation \| sand painting \| scene \| seascape \| semblance \| semi-abstraction \| sequence \| shoot-'em-up \| short subject \| shot \| show \| silent movie \| situation \| slow motion \| sonogram \| state of affairs \| still life \| subtitle \| talkie \| talking picture \| telecasting \| television \| three-D \| transparency \| trompe l'oeil \| TV \| typification \| verbal description \| visual communication \| wall painting \| watercolor Picture In Webster's Dictionary \Liv"ing pic"ture\ A tableau in which persons take part; also, specif., such a tableau as imitating a work of art. \Pic"ture\, n. {Animated picture}, a moving picture. Pierre-perdu \Pic"ture\, n. [L. pictura, fr. pingere, pictum, to paint: cf. F. peinture. See {Paint}.] 1. The art of painting; representation by painting. [Obs.] Any well-expressed image . . . either in picture or sculpture. --Sir H. Wotton. 2. 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. Pictures and shapes are but secondary objects. --Bacon. The young king's picture . . . in virgin wax. --Howell. 3. 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. My eyes make pictures when they are shut. --Coleridge. Note: Picture is often used adjectively, or in forming self-explaining compounds; as, picture book or picture-book, picture frame or picture-frame, picture seller or picture-seller, etc. {Picture gallery}, a gallery, or large apartment, devoted to the exhibition of pictures. {Picture red}, a rod of metal tube fixed to the walls of a room, from which pictures are hung. {Picture writing}. (a) The art of recording events, or of expressing messages, by means of pictures representing the actions or circumstances in question. --Tylor. (b) The record or message so represented; as, the picture writing of the American Indians. Syn: {Picture}, {Painting}. Usage: Every kind of representation by drawing or painting is a picture, whether made with oil colors, water colors, pencil, crayons, or India ink; strictly, a painting is a picture made by means of colored paints, usually applied moist with a brush. \Pic"ture\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Pictured}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Picturing}.] To draw or paint a resemblance of; to delineate; to represent; to form or present an ideal likeness of; to bring before the mind. ``I . . . do picture it in my mind.'' --Spenser. I have not seen him so pictured. --Shak.

Picture Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Picture?

[n] 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"
[n] 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"
[n] a typical example of some state or quality; "the very picture of a modern general"; "she was the picture of despair"
[n] 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"
[n] the visible part of a television transmission; "they could still receive the sound but the picture was gone"
[n] 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"
[n] illustrations used to decorate or explain a text; "the dictionary had many pictures"
[n] 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"
[n] a situation treated as an observable object; "the political picture is favorable"; "the religious scene in England has changed in the last century"
[v] 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"
[v] 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"

Picture In Webster's Dictionary

\Liv"ing pic"ture\
A tableau in which persons take part; also, specif., such a
tableau as imitating a work of art.


\Pic"ture\, n.

{Animated picture}, a moving picture. Pierre-perdu


\Pic"ture\, n. [L. pictura, fr. pingere, pictum, to
paint: cf. F. peinture. See {Paint}.]
1. The art of painting; representation by painting. [Obs.]

         Any well-expressed image . . . either in picture or
         sculpture.                            --Sir H.
                                               Wotton.

2. 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.

         Pictures and shapes are but secondary objects.
                                               --Bacon.

         The young king's picture . . . in virgin wax.
                                               --Howell.

3. 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.

         My eyes make pictures when they are shut.
                                               --Coleridge.

Note: Picture is often used adjectively, or in forming
      self-explaining compounds; as, picture book or
      picture-book, picture frame or picture-frame, picture
      seller or picture-seller, etc.

{Picture gallery}, a gallery, or large apartment, devoted to
   the exhibition of pictures.

{Picture red}, a rod of metal tube fixed to the walls of a
   room, from which pictures are hung.

{Picture writing}.
   (a) The art of recording events, or of expressing
       messages, by means of pictures representing the
       actions or circumstances in question. --Tylor.
   (b) The record or message so represented; as, the picture
       writing of the American Indians.

Syn: {Picture}, {Painting}.

Usage: Every kind of representation by drawing or painting is
       a picture, whether made with oil colors, water colors,
       pencil, crayons, or India ink; strictly, a painting is
       a picture made by means of colored paints, usually
       applied moist with a brush.


\Pic"ture\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Pictured}; p. pr. & vb.
n. {Picturing}.]
To draw or paint a resemblance of; to delineate; to
represent; to form or present an ideal likeness of; to bring
before the mind. ``I . . . do picture it in my mind.''
--Spenser.

      I have not seen him so pictured.         --Shak.

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