noun

1. 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
2. anything closely resembling or strikingly typifying something else; perfect likeness or image to be the picture of one's mother, the picture of health
3. anything regarded as having the compositional beauty of a painting or drawing
4. a mental image or impression; idea
5. a vivid or detailed description a picture of the times
6. all the facts or conditions of an event, collectively; situation
7. tableau
8. film ()
9. the image on a television screen

Etymology: ME pycture < L pictura < pictus, pp. of pingere, to paint

transitive verb pictured -·tured, picturing -·tur·ing

1. to make a picture of by painting, drawing, photographing, etc.
2. to make visible; show clearly; reflect
3. to describe or explain
4. to form a mental picture or impression of; imagine