Picture (song)
WordNet
noun
(1) 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"
(2) 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"
(3) A typical example of some state or quality
"The very picture of a modern general"
"She was the picture of despair"
(4) 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"
(5) The visible part of a television transmission
"They could still receive the sound but the picture was gone"
(6) 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"
(7) Illustrations used to decorate or explain a text
"The dictionary had many pictures"
(8) 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) A situation treated as an observable object
"The political picture is favorable"
"The religious scene in England has changed in the last century"
verb
(10) 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"
(11) 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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Etymology
From < < < , fut. part. .
Noun
- A representation of anything (as a person, a landscape, a building) upon canvas, paper, or other surface, by drawing, painting, printing, photography, etc.
- An image; a representation as in the imagination.
- A painting.
- There was a picture hanging above the fireplace.
- A photograph.
- I took a picture of that church.
- A motion picture.
- Casablanca is my all-time favorite picture.
- Cinema (as a form of entertainment)
- Let's go to the pictures.
- A paragon, a perfect example or specimen (of a category).
- She's the very picture of health.