1. (

• picture ,
• image ,
• icon ,
• ikon

) 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" ;

2. (

• painting ,
• picture ,

) 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" ;

3. (

• mental_picture ,
• picture ,
• impression ,

) 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" ;

4. (

• picture ,
• scene

) a situation treated as an observable object; "the political picture is favorable"; "the religious scene in England has changed in the last century" ;

5. (

• picture ,
• pictorial_matter

) illustrations used to decorate or explain a text; "the dictionary had many pictures" ;

6. (

• movie ,
• film ,
• picture ,
• moving_picture ,
• moving-picture_show ,
• motion_picture ,
• motion-picture_show ,
• picture_show ,
• pic ,
• flick

) 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 film was shot on location" ;

7. (

• video ,
• picture ,

) the visible part of a television transmission; "they could still receive the sound but the picture was gone" ;

8. (

• word_picture ,
• word-painting ,
• delineation ,
• depiction ,
• picture ,
• characterization ,
• characterisation

) 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. (

• picture ,

) a typical example of some state or quality; "the very picture of a modern general"; "she was the picture of despair" ;

10. (

• photograph ,
• photo ,
• exposure ,
• picture ,
• pic

) a representation of a person or scene in the form of a print or transparent slide or in digital format ;

1. (

• visualize ,
• visualise ,
• envision ,
• project ,
• fancy ,
• see ,
• figure ,
• picture ,
• image

) 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" ;

2. (

• picture ,
• depict ,
• render ,
• show

) 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" ;