a visual representation of a person, object, or scene, as a painting, drawing, photograph, etc.

I carry a picture of my grandchild in my wallet.

any visible image, however produced

pictures reflected in a pool of water.

a mental image

a clear picture of how he had looked that day.

a particular image or reality as portrayed in an account or description; depiction; version.

a tableau, as in theatrical representation.

motion picture.

pictures, Informal

Older Use movies.

a person, thing, group, or scene regarded as resembling a work of pictorial art in beauty, fineness of appearance, etc.

She was a picture in her new blue dress.

the image or perfect likeness of someone else

He is the picture of his father.

a visible or concrete embodiment of some quality or condition

the picture of health.

a situation or set of circumstances

the economic picture.

the image on a computer monitor, the viewing screen of a television set, or a motion-picture screen.

to represent in a picture or pictorially, as by painting or drawing.

to form a mental picture of; imagine

He couldn't picture himself doing such a thing.

to depict in words; describe graphically

He pictured Rome so vividly that you half-believed you were there.

to present or create as a setting; portray

His book pictured the world of the future.

noun

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verb

delineate , draw , illustrate , image , interpret , limn , paint , photograph , portray , render , represent , show , sketch , conceive of , create , daydream , dream , envision , fancy , fantasize , imagine , see , see in the mind’s eye , visualize , conceive , envisage , think , vision , depict , describe , express , canvas , cartoon , copy , drawing , etching , explain , film , flick , icon , idea , illustration , impression , likeness , mosaic , movie , painting , panorama , pastel , photo , pictorial , portrait , portrayal , print , scene , shot , snapshot , tableau , vignette , watercolor