picture > 11 sensesNOUN | 1 | picture, image, icon, ikon | A visual representation (of an object or scene or person or abstraction) produced on a surface |
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2 | picture, painting | Graphic art consisting of an artistic composition made by applying paints to a surface |
3 | picture, mental picture, impression | A clear and telling mental image |
4 | picture, scene | A situation treated as an observable object |
5 | picture, pictorial matter | Illustrations used to decorate or explain a text |
6 | picture, movie, film, moving picture, moving-picture show, motion picture, motion-picture show, picture show, pic, flick | A form of entertainment that enacts a story by a sequence of images giving the illusion of continuous movement |
7 | picture, video | The visible part of a television transmission |
8 | picture, word picture, word-painting, delineation, depiction, characterization, characterisation | A graphic or vivid verbal description |
9 | picture | A typical example of some state or quality |
VERB | 1 | picture, visualize, visualise, envision, project, fancy, see, figure, image | Imagine |
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2 | picture, depict, render, show | Show in, or as in, a picture |
picture > noun 1, artifactMeaning | A visual representation (of an object or scene or person or abstraction) produced on a surface. |
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Examples | "they showed us the pictures of their wedding" |
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Synonyms | image, icon, ikon |
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Narrower | bitmap, electronic image; chiaroscuro; collage, montage; foil, transparency; iconography; inset; likeness, semblance; panorama, cyclorama, diorama; photograph, photo, exposure, pic; reflection, reflexion; scan, CAT scan; sonogram |
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Broader | representation |
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Verbs | picture, depict |
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picture > noun 6, communicationMeaning | A form of entertainment that enacts a story by a sequence of images giving the illusion of continuous movement. |
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Synonyms | movie, film, moving picture, moving-picture show, motion picture, motion-picture show, picture show, pic, flick |
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Category of | dub; synchronize, synchronise; film, shoot, take; videotape, tape; reshoot |
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Parts | sequence, episode; credit; subtitle, caption; credits; scene, shot |
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Narrower | feature, feature film; final cut; home movie; collage film; coming attraction; shoot-'em-up; short subject; documentary, docudrama, documentary film, infotainment; cinema verite; peepshow; rough cut; silent movie, silent picture, silents; slow motion; talking picture, talkie; three-D, 3-D, 3D |
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Broader | show |
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picture > noun 8, communicationMeaning | A graphic or vivid verbal description. |
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Examples | "too often the narrative was interrupted by long word pictures"; "the author gives a depressing picture of life in Poland" |
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Synonyms | word picture, word-painting, delineation, depiction, characterization, characterisation |
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Narrower | epithet; portrayal, portraiture, portrait |
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Broader | description, verbal description |
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Verbs | depict |
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picture > verb 1, creationMeaning | Imagine. Conceive of. See in one's mind. |
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Pattern | Somebody ----s something; Somebody ----s that CLAUSE |
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Synonyms | visualize, visualise, envision, project, fancy, see, figure, image |
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Broader | imagine, conceive of, ideate, envisage |
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Similar to | understand, realize, realise, see; visualize, visualise |
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Nouns | picture; picturing |
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