Read the dictionary definition of picture. All definitions for this word.
1. graphic art consisting of an artistic composition made by applying paints to a surface
1. a small painting by Picasso
2. he bought the painting as an investment
3. his pictures hang in the Louvre
2. a representation of a person or scene in the form of a print or transparent slide or in digital format
3. a visual representation (of an object or scene or person or abstraction) produced on a surface
1. they showed us the pictures of their wedding
2. a movie is a series of images projected so rapidly that the eye integrates them
4. a typical example of some state or quality
1. the very picture of a modern general
2. she was the picture of despair
5. a clear and telling mental image
1. he described his mental picture of his assailant
2. he had no clear picture of himself or his world
3. the events left a permanent impression in his mind
6. the visible part of a television transmission
1. they could still receive the sound but the picture was gone
7. a form of entertainment that enacts a story by sound and a sequence of images giving the illusion of continuous movement
1. they went to a movie every Saturday night
2. the film was shot on location
8. illustrations used to decorate or explain a text
1. the dictionary had many pictures
9. a graphic or vivid verbal description
1. too often the narrative was interrupted by long word pictures
2. the author gives a depressing picture of life in Poland
3. the pamphlet contained brief characterizations of famous Vermonters
10. a situation treated as an observable object
1. the political picture is favorable
2. the religious scene in England has changed in the last century
11. imagine; conceive of; see in one's mind
1. I can't see him on horseback!
2. I can see what will happen
3. I can see a risk in this strategy
12. show in, or as in, a picture
1. This scene depicts country life
2. the face of the child is rendered with much tenderness in this painting
