picture
noun
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”
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”
Synonymspaintinga clear and telling mental image
“he described his mental picture of his assailant”
“he had no clear picture of himself or his world”
a situation treated as an observable object
“the political picture is favorable”
“the religious scene in England has changed in the last century”
Synonymssceneillustrations used to decorate or explain a text
“the dictionary had many pictures”
Synonymspictorial mattera 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”
the visible part of a television transmission
“they could still receive the sound but the picture was gone”
Synonymsvideoa 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”
a typical example of some state or quality
“the very picture of a modern general”
“she was the picture of despair”
a representation of a person or scene in the form of a print or transparent slide or in digital format
verb
imagine; conceive of; see in one's mind
“I can't see him on horseback!”
“I can see what will happen”
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: WordNet 3.1, Princeton University