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English to English noun
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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
source: wordnet30
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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
source: wordnet30
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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
source: wordnet30
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a situation treated as an observable object |
• the political picture is favorable
• the religious scene in England has changed in the last century
source: wordnet30
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illustrations used to decorate or explain a text |
• the dictionary had many pictures
source: wordnet30
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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
source: wordnet30
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the visible part of a television transmission |
• they could still receive the sound but the picture was gone
source: wordnet30
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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
source: wordnet30
| 9 |
a typical example of some state or quality |
• the very picture of a modern general
• she was the picture of despair
source: wordnet30
| 10 |
a representation of a person or scene in the form of a print or transparent slide; recorded by a camera on light-sensitive material | source: wordnet30
| 11 |
The art of painting; representation by painting. | source: webster1913 verb
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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
source: wordnet30
| 13 |
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
source: wordnet30
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To draw or paint a resemblance of; to delineate; to represent; to form or present an ideal likeness of; to bring before the mind. | source: webster1913
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