Dictionary definition · 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"
- graphic art consisting of an artistic composition made by applying paints to a surface"a small painting by Picasso"
- a clear and telling mental image"he described his mental picture of his assailant"
- a situation treated as an observable object"the political picture is favorable"
- illustrations used to decorate or explain a text"the dictionary had many pictures"
- a form of entertainment that enacts a story by sound and a sequence of images giving the illusion of continuous movement"they went to a movie every Saturday night"
- the visible part of a television transmission"they could still receive the sound but the picture was gone"
- a graphic or vivid verbal description"too often the narrative was interrupted by long word pictures"
- a typical example of some state or quality"the very picture of a modern general"
- a representation of a person or scene in the form of a print or transparent slide or in digital format
verb
- imagine; conceive of; see in one's mind"I can't see him on horseback!"
- show in, or as in, a picture"This scene depicts country life"
Source: Open English WordNet (CC BY 4.0).