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picture

noun

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"
Synonyms: icon, ikon, image
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"
Synonyms: painting
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
a situation treated as an observable object; "the political picture is favorable"; "the religious scene in England has changed in the last century"
Synonyms: scene
illustrations used to decorate or explain a text; "the dictionary had many pictures"
Synonyms: pictorial matter
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 show, motion picture, movie, moving-picture show, moving picture, pic, picture show
the visible part of a television transmission; "they could still receive the sound but the picture was gone"
Synonyms: video
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"
Synonyms: characterisation, characterization, delineation, depiction, word-painting, word picture
a typical example of some state or quality; "the very picture of a modern general"; "she was the picture of despair"

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verb

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"
Synonyms: envision, fancy, figure, image, project, see, visualise, visualize
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: depict, render, show

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