1.  picture(n = noun.artifact) icon, ikon, image - 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"
is a kind of representation
has particulars: bitmap, electronic image, chiaroscuro, collage, montage, foil, transparency, computer graphic, graphic, iconography, inset, likeness, semblance, cyclorama, diorama, panorama, reflection, reflexion, cat scan, scan, echogram, sonogram
Derived forms verb depict₁, adjective pictural₁, verb picture₂

2.  picture(n = noun.artifact) painting - 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"
is a kind of graphic art
has particulars: abstraction, cityscape, daub, distemper, finger-painting, icon, ikon, landscape, illumination, miniature, monochrome, mural, wall painting, nude, nude painting, oil painting, pentimento, sand painting, seascape, waterscape, semi-abstraction, still life, tanka, trompe l'oeil, water-color, water-colour, watercolor, watercolour
Derived forms verb depict₃, adjective pictural₁, verb picture₂

3.  picture(n = noun.cognition) impression, mental picture - 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"
is a kind of image, mental image
Derived form verb picture₁

4.  picture(n = noun.state) scene - a situation treated as an observable object; "the political picture is favorable"; "the religious scene in England has changed in the last century"
is a kind of situation, state of affairs

5.  picture(n = noun.communication) pictorial matter - illustrations used to decorate or explain a text; "the dictionary had many pictures"
is a kind of illustration
Derived forms verb depict₁, adjective pictural₁, verb picture₂

6.  picture(n = noun.communication) film, flick, motion picture, motion-picture show, movie, moving picture, moving-picture show, pic, picture show - 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"
is a kind of product, production, show
has parts: episode, sequence, credit, caption, subtitle, credits, scene, shot
has particulars: telefilm, feature, feature film, final cut, home movie, collage film, coming attraction, shoot-'em-up, short subject, docudrama, documentary, documentary film, infotainment, cinema verite, film noir, skin flick, rough cut, silent movie, silent picture, silents, slow motion, talkie, talking picture, 3-d, 3d, three-d, musical, musical comedy, musical theater

7.  picture(n = noun.communication) video - the visible part of a television transmission; "they could still receive the sound but the picture was gone"
is a kind of visual communication
is a part of telecasting, television, tv, video

8.  picture(n = noun.communication) characterisation, characterization, delineation, depiction, word picture, word-painting - 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"
is a kind of description, verbal description
has particulars: epithet, portrait, portraiture, portrayal
Derived form verb depict₂

9.  picture(n = noun.cognition) - a typical example of some state or quality; "the very picture of a modern general"; "she was the picture of despair"
is a kind of exemplification, typification

10.  picture(n = noun.artifact) exposure, photo, photograph, pic - a representation of a person or scene in the form of a print or transparent slide; recorded by a camera on light-sensitive material;
is a kind of representation
has particulars: beefcake, black and white, monochrome, blueprint, cheesecake, closeup, daguerreotype, blowup, enlargement, magnification, frame, glossy, headshot, hologram, holograph, longshot, microdot, arial mosaic, mosaic, photomosaic, mug shot, mugshot, photocopy, photographic print, print, photomicrograph, radiogram, radiograph, shadowgraph, skiagram, skiagraph, shot, snap, snapshot, spectrogram, spectrograph, stereo, stereoscopic photograph, stereoscopic picture, still, telephoto, telephotograph, telephotograph, time exposure, vignette, wedding picture, scene, shot

1.  picture(v = verb.creation) envision, fancy, figure, image, project, see, visualise, visualize - 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"
is one way to conceive of, envisage, ideate, imagine
Derived forms noun picture₃, noun picturing₁
Sample sentences: Somebody ----s something; Somebody ----s that CLAUSE

2.  picture(v = verb.creation) depict, render, show - 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"
is one way to interpret, represent
Derived forms noun picture₂, noun picture₁, noun picture₅, noun picturing₂
Sample sentences: Somebody ----s something

1.  The art of painting; representation by painting. [1913 Webster]
"Any well-expressed image . . . either in picture or sculpture." [1913 Webster]

2.  A representation of anything (as a person, a landscape, a building) upon canvas, paper, or other surface, produced by means of painting, drawing, engraving, photography, etc.; a representation in colors. By extension, a figure; a model. [1913 Webster]
"Pictures and shapes are but secondary objects." [1913 Webster]
"The young king's picture . . . in virgin wax." [1913 Webster]

3.  An image or resemblance; a representation, either to the eye or to the mind; that which, by its likeness, brings vividly to mind some other thing; as, a child is the picture of his father; the man is the picture of grief. [1913 Webster]
" Picture is often used adjectively, or in forming self-explaining compounds; as, picture book or picture-book, picture frame or picture-frame, picture seller or picture-seller, etc." [1913 Webster]
"My eyes make pictures when they are shut." [1913 Webster]

   To draw or paint a resemblance of; to delineate; to represent; to form or present an ideal likeness of; to bring before the mind. Spenser. [1913 Webster]
"I have not seen him so pictured." [1913 Webster]

picture, n. & v.
--n.
1 a (often attrib.) a painting, drawing, photograph, etc., esp. as a work of art (picture frame). b a portrait, esp. a photograph, of a person (does not like to have her picture taken). c a beautiful object (her hat is a picture).
2 a a total visual or mental impression produced; a scene (the picture looks bleak). b a written or spoken description (drew a vivid picture of moral decay).
3 a a film. b (in pl.) Brit. a showing of films at a cinema (went to the pictures). c (in pl.) films in general.
4 an image on a television screen.
5 colloq. a esp. iron. a person or thing exemplifying something (he was the picture of innocence). b a person or thing resembling another closely (the picture of her aunt).
--v.tr.
1 represent in a picture.
2 (also refl.; often foll. by to) imagine, esp. visually or vividly (pictured it to herself).
3 describe graphically.

Idiom:
get the picture colloq. grasp the tendency or drift of circumstances, information, etc. in the picture fully informed or noticed. out of the picture uninvolved, inactive; irrelevant. picture-book a book containing many illustrations. picture-card a court-card. picture-gallery a place containing an exhibition or collection of pictures. picture-goer a person who frequents the cinema. picture hat a woman's wide-brimmed highly decorated hat as in pictures by Reynolds and Gainsborough. picture-moulding 1 woodwork etc. used for framing pictures.
2 a rail on a wall used for hanging pictures from. picture-palace (or -theatre) Brit. archaic a cinema. picture postcard a postcard with a picture on one side. picture window a very large window consisting of one pane of glass. picture-writing a mode of recording events etc. by pictorial symbols as in early hieroglyphics etc.

Etymology:
ME f. L pictura f. pingere pict- paint

VB  describe, set forth, draw a picture, picture, portray, characterize, particularize, narrate, relate, recite, recount, sum up, run over, recapitulate, rehearse, fight one's battles over again, unfold a tale, tell, give an account of, render an account of, report, make a report, draw up a statement, detail, enter into particulars, enter into details, descend to particulars, descend to details, itemize.

N  copy, facsimile, counterpart, effigies, effigy, form, likeness, image, picture, photo, xerox, similitude, semblance, ectype, photo offset, electrotype, imitation, model, representation, adumbration, study, portrait, resemblance, duplicate, reproduction, cast, tracing, reflex, reflexion, reflection, shadow, echo, transcript, transcription, recording, scan, chip off the old block, reprint, new printing, rechauffe, apograph, fair copy, parody, caricature, burlesque, travesty, travestie, paraphrase, derivative, derivation, modification, expansion, extension, revision, second edition, servile copy, servile imitation, plagiarism, counterfeit, fake, pasticcio, faithful, lifelike, close, conscientious, unoriginal, imitative, derivative.

N  appearance, phenomenon, sight, spectacle, show, premonstration, scene, species, view, coup d'oeil, lookout, outlook, prospect, vista, perspective, bird's-eye view, scenery, landscape, picture, tableau, display, exposure, mise en sc ne, rising of the curtain, phantasm, phantom, pageant, spectacle, peep-show, raree-show, gallanty-show, ombres chinoises, magic lantern, phantasmagoria, dissolving views, biograph, cinematograph, moving pictures, panorama, diorama, cosmorama, georama, coup de theatre, jeu de theatre, pageantry, insignia, aspect, angle, phase, phasis, seeming, shape, guise, look, complexion, color, image, mien, air, cast, carriage, port, demeanor, presence, expression, first blush, face of the thing, point of view, light, lineament feature trait lines, outline, outside, contour, face, countenance, physiognomy, visage, phiz, cast of countenance, profile, tournure, cut of one s jib, metoposcopy, outside, apparent, seeming, ostensible, on view, apparently, to all seeming, to all appearance, ostensibly, seemingly, as it seems, on the face of it, prima facie, at the first blush, at first sight, in the eyes of, to the eye, editio princeps.

VB  imagine, fancy, conceive, idealize, realize, dream, dream of, dream up, give to airy nothing a local habitation and a name, create, originate, devise, invent, coin, fabricate, improvise, strike out something new, set one's wits to work, strain one's invention, crack one's invention, rack one's brains, ransack one's brains, cudgel one's brains, excogitate, brainstorm, give play, give the reins, give a loose to the imagination, give fancy, indulge in reverie, visualize, envision, conjure up a vision, fancy oneself, represent oneself, picture, picture-oneself, figure to oneself, vorstellen, float in the mind, suggest itself.

N  representation, representment, imitation, illustration, delineation, depictment, imagery, portraiture, iconography, design, designing, art, fine arts, painting, sculpture, engraving, photography, cinematography, radiography, autoradiography, fluorography, sciagraphy, personation, personification, impersonation, drama, picture, photo, photograph, daguerreotype, snapshot, X-ray photo, movie film, movie, tracing, scan, TV image, video image, image file, graphics, computer graphics, televideo, closed-circuit TV, copy, drawing, sketch, drought, draft, plot, chart, figure, scheme, image, likeness, icon, portrait, striking likeness, speaking likeness, very image, effigy, facsimile, figure, figure head, puppet, doll, figurine, aglet, manikin, lay- figure, model, mammet, marionette, fantoccini, waxwork, bust, statue, statuette, ideograph, hieroglyphic, anaglyph, kanji, diagram, monogram, map, plan, chart, ground plan, projection, elevation (plan), ichnography, cartography, atlas, outline, scheme, view, radiograph, scotograph, sciagraph, spectrogram, heliogram, represent, representing, representative, illustrative, represented, imitative, figurative, iconic, like, graphic, cinquecento quattrocento, trecento.

N  painting, depicting, drawing, design, perspective, sciagraphy, skiagraphy, chiaroscuro, composition, treatment, historical painting, portrait painting, miniature painting, landscape painting, marine painting, still life, flower painting, scene painting, scenography, school, style, the grand style, high art, genre, portraiture, ornamental art, monochrome, polychrome, grisaille, pallet, palette, easel, brush, pencil, stump, black lead, charcoal, crayons, chalk, pastel, paint, watercolor, body color, oil color, oils, oil paint, varnish, priming, gouache, tempera, distemper, fresco, water glass, enamel, encaustic painting, mosaic, tapestry, photography, heliography, color photography, sun painting, graphics, computer graphics, picture, painting, piece, tableau, canvas, oil painting, fresco, cartoon, easel picture, cabinet picture, draught, draft, pencil drawing, water color drawing, etching, charcoal, pen-and-ink, sketch, outline, study, photograph, color photograph, black-and-white photograph, holograph, heliograph, daguerreotype, talbotype, calotype, heliotype, negative, positive, print, glossy print, matte print, enlargement, reduction, life-size print, instant photo, Polaroid photo, technicolor, Kodachrome, Ektachrome, Polaroid, portrait, whole length, full length, half length, kitcat, head, miniature, shade, silhouette, profile, landscape, seapiece, view, scene, prospect, panorama, diorama, still life, picture gallery, exhibit, studio, atelier, pinacotheca, painted, pictorial, graphic, picturesque, pencil, oil, in pencil, fecit, delineavit, mutum est pictura poema.

academy of motion picture arts and sciences, get the picture, identikit picture, living picture, memory picture, mental picture, motion picture, moving picture, paint a picture, picture book, picture card, picture element, picture frame, picture gallery, picture hat, picture palace, picture plane, picture postcard, picture rail, picture show, picture taking, picture tube, picture window, picture writing, silent picture, stereoscopic picture, talking picture, wedding picture, word picture, x-ray picture