Picture (Noun)
Meaning 1
Illustrations used to decorate or explain a text; "the dictionary had many pictures".
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Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents.
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Meaning 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".
Classification
Nouns denoting man-made objects.
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- Watercolour
- Distemper
- Seascape
- Sand Painting
- Semi-abstraction
- Pentimento
- Water-colour
- Cityscape
- Tanka
- Abstraction
- Monochrome
- Miniature
- Icon
- Mural
- Daub
- Nude
- Still Life
- Finger-painting
- Oil Painting
- Trompe L'oeil
- Landscape
- Watercolor
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Meaning 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".
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Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents.
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Meaning 4
A representation of a person or scene in the form of a print or transparent slide or in digital format.
Classification
Nouns denoting man-made objects.
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- Spectrogram
- Shadowgraph
- Spectrograph
- Skiagram
- Microdot
- Glossy
- Snapshot
- Black And White
- Telephoto
- Radiograph
- Beefcake
- Enlargement
- Photomicrograph
- Hologram
- Monochrome
- Photocopy
- Snap
- Shot
- Magnification
- Mosaic
- Headshot
- Arial Mosaic
- Stereo
- Photographic Print
- Radiogram
- Cheesecake
- Longshot
- Scene
- Mug Shot
- Telephotograph
- Holograph
- Daguerreotype
- Still
- Time Exposure
- Mugshot
- Stock Image
- Stereoscopic Picture
- Photomosaic
- Stock Photograph
- Frame
- Blueprint
- Stereoscopic Photograph
- Vignette
- Blowup
- Wedding Picture
- Closeup
Meaning 5
A form of entertainment that enacts a story by sound and a sequence of images giving the illusion of continuous movement; "they went to a movie every Saturday night"; "the film was shot on location".
Classification
Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents.
Synonyms
- Flick
- Movie
- Moving Picture
- Moving-picture Show
- Motion-picture Show
- Picture Show
- Film
- Motion Picture
- Pic
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Meaning 6
A typical example of some state or quality; "the very picture of a modern general"; "she was the picture of despair".
Classification
Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents.
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Meaning 7
A visual representation (of an object or scene or person or abstraction) 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".
Classification
Nouns denoting man-made objects.
Examples
- The artist's picture of the sunset was breathtakingly beautiful.
- She framed the picture of her children and hung it on the wall.
- The picture of the cat on the internet was so cute that it went viral.
- The movie was a series of moving pictures that told a story of love and loss.
- The picture of the cityscape at night was taken from the top of a skyscraper.
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- Computer Graphic
- Electronic Image
- Semblance
- Reflexion
- Montage
- CAT Scan
- Echogram
- Transparency
- Cyclorama
- Diorama
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Meaning 8
A situation treated as an observable object; "the political picture is favorable"; "the religious scene in England has changed in the last century".
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Nouns denoting natural processes.
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Meaning 9
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"; "the pamphlet contained brief characterizations of famous Vermonters".
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Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents.
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Meaning 10
The visible part of a television transmission; "they could still receive the sound but the picture was gone".
Classification
Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents.