picture

pic•ture

[[t]ˈpɪk tʃər[/t]] n. v. -tured, -tur•ing

1) a visual representation of a person, object, or scene, as a painting, drawing, or photograph

2) any visible image, however produced

3) a mental image

4) cvb a graphic or vivid account or description

5) sbz a tableau, as in theatrical representation

6) sbz

a) motion picture 2)

b) sbz cvb pictures, Older Use.

movie 2) movie 3)

7) a person, thing, group, or scene regarded as resembling a work of pictorial art in beauty, fineness of appearance, etc

8) the image or perfect likeness of someone else:

She is the picture of her father[/ex]

9) a visible or concrete embodiment of some quality or condition:

the picture of health[/ex]

10) a situation or set of circumstances:

the economic picture[/ex]

11) cvb cmp mot the image on a television screen, motion-picture screen, or computer monitor

12) to represent in a picture or pictorially, as by painting or drawing

13) to form a mental picture of; imagine

14) to depict in words; describe graphically

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Etymology: 1375–1425; late ME < L pictūra the act of painting, a painting =pict(us) (ptp. of pingere to paint) +-ura -ure