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picture

noun
  1. graphic art consisting of an artistic composition made by applying paints to a surface
    painting
  2. a representation of a person or scene in the form of a print or transparent slide
    exposure
  3. a visual representation (of an object or scene or person or abstraction) produced on a surface
    “they showed us the pictures of their wedding”
    image
  4. a typical example of some state or quality
    “the very picture of a modern general”
  5. a clear and telling mental image
    “They described their mental picture of the assailant.”
    impression
  6. the visible part of a television transmission
    “they could still receive the sound but the picture was gone”
    video
  7. a form of entertainment that enacts a story by sound and a sequence of images giving the illusion of continuous movement
    film
  8. illustrations used to decorate or explain a text
    “the dictionary had many pictures”
    pictorial matter
  9. a graphic or vivid verbal description
    “too often the narrative was interrupted by long word pictures”
    characterization
  10. a situation treated as an observable object
    “the political picture is favorable”
    scene
verb
  1. imagine
    figure
  2. show in, or as in, a picture
    show