picture

A picture is a photo, drawing, painting or other image captured of a person, thing or scene. (noun)

Picture means to capture or create an image of a person or object or scene or to visualize something. (verb)

See picture in Webster's New World College Dictionary

noun

1. an image or likeness of an object, person, or scene produced on a flat surface, esp. by painting, drawing, or photography
2. a printed reproduction of this
anything closely resembling or strikingly typifying something else; perfect likeness or image: to be the picture of one's mother, the picture of health
anything regarded as having the compositional beauty of a painting or drawing
a mental image or impression; idea
a vivid or detailed description: a picture of the times
all the facts or conditions of an event, collectively; situation
tableau
film ()
the image on a television screen

transitive verb pictured, picturing

See picture in American Heritage Dictionary 4

(pĭkˈchər)

noun

A visual representation or image painted, drawn, photographed, or otherwise rendered on a flat surface.
A visible image, especially one on a flat surface or screen: the picture reflected in the lake; focused the picture on the movie screen.
a. A vivid or realistic verbal description: a Shakespearean picture of guilt.
b. A vivid mental image.
A person or object bearing a marked resemblance to another: She's the picture of her mother.
A person, object, or scene that typifies or embodies an emotion, state of mind, or mood: Your face was the very picture of horror.
The chief circumstances of an event or time; a situation.
A movie.
A tableau vivant.

transitive verb pic·tured, pic·tur·ing, pic·tures

To make a visible representation of.
To form a mental image of; visualize.
To describe vividly in words; make a verbal picture of: pictured their heroism in glowing language. See Synonyms at represent.

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