picture

picture (http://definr.com/picture)

     n 1: a visual representation of an object or scene or person
          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" [syn: image,
          icon, ikon]
     2: 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" [syn: painting]
     3: 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" [syn: mental picture, impression]
     4: a situation treated as an observable object; "the political
        picture is favorable" or "the religious scene in England
        has changed in the last century" [syn: scene]
     5: illustrations used to decorate or explain a text; "the
        dictionary had many pictures" [syn: pictorial matter]
     6: a form of entertainment that enacts a story by a sequence of
        images giving the illusion of continuous movement; "they
        went to a movie every Saturday night"; "the film was shot
        on location" [syn: movie, film, moving picture, {motion
        picture}, picture show, pic, flick]
     7: the visible part of a television transmission; "they could
        still receive the sound but the picture was gone" [syn: video]
     8: 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" [syn:
         word picture, word-painting, delineation, depiction,
         characterization, characterisation]
     9: a typical example of some state or quality; "the very
        picture of a modern general"; "she was the picture of
        despair"
     v 1: 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" [syn: visualize, envision, project,
           fancy, see, figure, image]
     2: 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" [syn: depict, render, show]