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Definition of Picture
1. Noun. A visual representation (of an object or scene or person or abstraction) produced on a surface. "A movie is a series of images projected so rapidly that the eye integrates them"
Specialized synonyms: Bitmap, Electronic Image, Chiaroscuro, Collage, Montage, Foil, Transparency, Computer Graphic, Graphic, Iconography, Inset, Likeness, Semblance, Cyclorama, Diorama, Panorama, Reflection, Reflexion, Cat Scan, Scan, Echogram, Sonogram
Generic synonyms: Representation
Derivative terms: Iconic, Image, Depict, Pictural
2. Verb. Imagine; conceive of; see in one's mind. "Did he picture his major works over a short period of time?"; "I can see a risk in this strategy"
Related verbs: Realise, Realize, See, Understand, Visualise, Visualize
Generic synonyms: Conceive Of, Envisage, Ideate, Imagine
Derivative terms: Envisioning, Fancy, Fancy, Figuration, Image, Image, Image, Imagery, Imaging, Picturing, Seer, Visualization, Visualizer
3. Noun. Graphic art consisting of an artistic composition made by applying paints to a surface. "His pictures hang in the Louvre"
Specialized synonyms: Abstraction, Cityscape, Daub, Distemper, Finger-painting, Icon, Ikon, Landscape, Illumination, Miniature, Monochrome, Mural, Wall Painting, Nude, Nude Painting, Oil Painting, Pentimento, Sand Painting, Seascape, Waterscape, Semi-abstraction, Still Life, Tanka, Trompe L'oeil, Water-color, Water-colour, Watercolor, Watercolour
Generic synonyms: Graphic Art
Derivative terms: Paint, Paint, Depict, Pictural
4. Verb. Show in, or as in, a picture. "The face of the child is rendered with much tenderness in this painting"
Category relationships: Art, Artistic Creation, Artistic Production
Generic synonyms: Interpret, Represent
Specialized synonyms: Illustrate, Map
Derivative terms: Depicting, Depiction, Depictive, Picturing
5. Noun. A clear and telling mental image. "The events left a permanent impression in his mind"
6. Noun. A situation treated as an observable object. "The religious scene in England has changed in the last century"
7. Noun. Illustrations used to decorate or explain a text. "The dictionary had many pictures"
8. Noun. A form of entertainment that enacts a story by sound and a sequence of images giving the illusion of continuous movement. "The film was shot on location"
Generic synonyms: Product, Production, Show
Terms within: Episode, Sequence, Credit, Caption, Subtitle, Credits, Scene, Shot
Specialized synonyms: Telefilm, Feature, Feature Film, Final Cut, Home Movie, Collage Film, Coming Attraction, Shoot-'em-up, Short Subject, Docudrama, Documentary, Documentary Film, Infotainment, Cinema Verite, Film Noir, Skin Flick, Rough Cut, Silent Movie, Silent Picture, Silents, Slow Motion, Talkie, Talking Picture, 3-d, 3d, Three-d, Musical, Musical Comedy, Musical Theater
Examples of category: Dub, Synchronise, Synchronize, Film, Shoot, Take, Tape, Videotape, Reshoot
Derivative terms: Film, Film
9. Noun. The visible part of a television transmission. "They could still receive the sound but the picture was gone"
Group relationships: Telecasting, Television, Tv, Video
Generic synonyms: Visual Communication
10. Noun. A graphic or vivid verbal description. "The pamphlet contained brief characterizations of famous Vermonters"
Generic synonyms: Description, Verbal Description
Specialized synonyms: Epithet, Portrait, Portraiture, Portrayal
Derivative terms: Characterise, Delineate, Delineate, Depict, Depict
11. Noun. A typical example of some state or quality. "She was the picture of despair"
12. Noun. A representation of a person or scene in the form of a print or transparent slide; recorded by a camera on light-sensitive material.
Specialized synonyms: Beefcake, Black And White, Monochrome, Blueprint, Cheesecake, Closeup, Daguerreotype, Blowup, Enlargement, Magnification, Frame, Glossy, Headshot, Hologram, Holograph, Longshot, Microdot, Arial Mosaic, Mosaic, Photomosaic, Mug Shot, Mugshot, Photocopy, Photographic Print, Print, Photomicrograph, Radiogram, Radiograph, Shadowgraph, Skiagram, Skiagraph, Shot, Snap, Snapshot, Spectrogram, Spectrograph, Stereo, Stereoscopic Photograph, Stereoscopic Picture, Still, Telephoto, Telephotograph, Telephotograph, Time Exposure, Vignette, Wedding Picture, Scene, Shot
Generic synonyms: Representation
Derivative terms: Photograph, Photograph, Photographic, Photography, Photography
Definition of Picture
1. n. The art of painting; representation by painting.
2. v. t. To draw or paint a resemblance of; to delineate; to represent; to form or present an ideal likeness of; to bring before the mind.
Definition of Picture
1. to make a visual representation of [v -TURED, -TURING, -TURES]
Medical Definition of Picture
1. 1. The art of painting; representation by painting. "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 colours. 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) 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. The art of recording events, or of expressing messages, by means of pictures representing the actions or circumstances in question. The record or message so represented; as, the picture writing of the American Indians. Synonym: Picture, Painting. Every kind of representation by drawing or painting is a picture, whether made with oil colours, water colours, pencil, crayons, or India ink; strictly, a painting is a picture made by means of coloured paints, usually applied moist with a brush. Origin: L. Pictura, fr. Pingere, pictum, to paint: cf. F. Peinture. See Paint. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)
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