Picture ¹

Definition: The art of painting; representation by painting.

Picture ²

Definition: 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.

Picture ³

Definition: 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.

Picture ⁴

Definition: To draw or paint a resemblance of; to delineate; to represent; to form or present an ideal likeness of; to bring before the mind.

picture ⁵

Definition: 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"

picture ⁶

Definition: 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"

picture ⁷

Definition: a typical example of some state or quality; "the very picture of a modern general"; "she was the picture of despair"

picture ⁸

Definition: 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"

picture ⁹

Definition: the visible part of a television transmission; "they could still receive the sound but the picture was gone"

picture ¹⁰

Definition: 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"

picture ¹¹

Definition: illustrations used to decorate or explain a text; "the dictionary had many pictures"

picture ¹²

Definition: 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"

picture ¹³

Definition: a situation treated as an observable object; "the political picture is favorable"; "the religious scene in England has changed in the last century"

picture ¹⁴

Definition: 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"

picture ¹⁵

Definition: 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"