[1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

picture \pic"ture\, v. t. imp.  p. p. pictured; p. pr.  vb.
   n. picturing.
   to draw or paint a resemblance of; to delineate; to
   represent; to form or present an ideal likeness of; to bring
   before the mind. "i . . . do picture it in my mind."
   --spenser.
   1913 webster

         i have not seen him so pictured.         --shak.
   1913 webster
see also:
pictured picturing 

[2] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

picture \pic"ture\, n. l. pictura, fr. pingere, pictum, to
   paint: cf. f. peinture. see paint.
   1. the art of painting; representation by painting. obs.
      1913 webster

            any well-expressed image . . . either in picture or
            sculpture.                            --sir h.
                                                  wotton.
      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.
                                                  --bacon.
      1913 webster

            the young king's picture . . . in virgin wax.
                                                  --howell.
      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

            my eyes make pictures when they are shut.
                                                  --coleridge.
      1913 webster

   note: 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

   animated picture, a moving picture.

   picture gallery, a gallery, or large apartment, devoted to
      the exhibition of pictures.

   picture red, a rod of metal tube fixed to the walls of a
      room, from which pictures are hung.

   picture writing.
      a the art of recording events, or of expressing
          messages, by means of pictures representing the
          actions or circumstances in question. --tylor.
      b the record or message so represented; as, the picture
          writing of the american indians.
          1913 webster

   syn: picture, painting.

   usage: every kind of representation by drawing or painting is
          a picture, whether made with oil colors, water colors,
          pencil, crayons, or india ink; strictly, a painting is
          a picture made by means of colored paints, usually
          applied moist with a brush.
          1913 webster
see also:
paint animated picture picture gallery picture red picture writing picture 
painting 

[3] : WordNet (r) 2.0

picture
     n 1: 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" syn: image, icon, ikon
     2: 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" syn: painting
     3: 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" syn: mental picture, impression
     4: a situation treated as an observable object; "the political
        picture is favorable"; "the religious scene in england has
        changed in the last century" syn: scene
     5: illustrations used to decorate or explain a text; "the
        dictionary had many pictures" syn: pictorial matter
     6: a form of entertainment that enacts a story by a sequence of
        images giving the illusion of continuous movement; "they
        went to a movie every saturday night"; "the film was shot
        on location" syn: movie, film, moving picture, moving-picture
        show, motion picture, motion-picture show, picture
        show, pic, flick
     7: the visible part of a television transmission; "they could
        still receive the sound but the picture was gone" syn: video
     8: 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" syn: word picture, word-painting, delineation,
         depiction, characterization, characterisation
     9: a typical example of some state or quality; "the very
        picture of a modern general"; "she was the picture of
        despair"
     v 1: 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" syn: visualize, visualise, envision,
           project, fancy, see, figure, image
     2: 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" syn: depict, render, show
see also:
image icon ikon painting mental picture impression 
scene pictorial matter movie film moving picture 
moving-picture show motion picture motion-picture show picture show pic 
flick video word picture word-painting delineation 
depiction characterization characterisation visualize visualise 
envision project fancy see figure 
depict render show 

[4] : Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0

452 moby thesaurus words for "picture":
   3-d, crt spot, cinemascope, cinerama, dm display, doppler signal,
   if signal, im display, rf echoes, technicolor, telephoto,
   vorstellung, western, wirephoto, abstract, abstraction,
   aerial photograph, ally, altarpiece, alter ego, analogon, analogue,
   animated cartoon, approach, arrangement, artwork, associate,
   attack, badge, banner, beam, beat signal, black spot,
   black-and-white film, black-and-white photograph, blips,
   block print, bloom, blooping, blueprint, blueprinting, bounces,
   brass tacks, bring to life, brother, calculation, call to mind,
   call up, cameo, candid photograph, carbon copy, cartoon, catalog,
   cataloging, catch a likeness, certified copy, chalk, character,
   character sketch, characteristic, characterization, characterize,
   charcoal, chart, charting, cheesecake, chiller, chronophotograph,
   cine, cinema, close copy, close match, cognate, collage, color,
   color film, color photograph, color print, companion, complement,
   concept, conception, conceptualization, congenator, congener,
   conjure up, contrivance, coordinate, copy, correlate, correlative,
   correspondent, counterfeit, counterpart, crayon, creepie,
   crosshatch, cyclorama, dash off, daub, dead ringer, definition,
   delineate, delineation, depict, depiction, describe, description,
   design, details, device, diagram, diapositive, differentia,
   diptych, display, disposition, documentary, documentary film,
   doodle, double, double-dot display, draft, draw, drawing,
   duplicate, earmark, echo, echo signal, ectype, educational film,
   effigy, eidetic image, embodiment, engraving, enterprise, envisage,
   envisagement, envisaging, envision, envisioning, epitome,
   equivalent, essence, essential facts, essentials, evocation, evoke,
   exact likeness, express, eyeful, facsimile, fair copy,
   faithful copy, fake, fancy, feature, fellow, figuring, film, flare,
   flick, flicker, foresight, forethought, forgery, fresco,
   fringe area, game, ghost, give words to, granulation,
   graphic account, graphing, grid, ground plan, guidelines, hallmark,
   hard shadow, hatch, heliochrome, heliograph, hit off,
   horror picture, horse opera, icon, idea, idiosyncrasy, idol,
   illumination, illustrate, illustration, image, imagery,
   imagery study, imagine, imaging, imagism, imitation, impression,
   incarnation, index, indicant, indicator, insignia, intention,
   interpret, itemization, just see, keynote, kindred spirit, layout,
   lifelike image, like, likeness, limn, limning, lineup,
   living image, living picture, local oscillator signal,
   long-range plan, map, mapping, mark, master plan, match, mate,
   measure, mental image, mental picture, mental representation,
   method, methodology, miniature, mirroring, model, montage, mosaic,
   motion picture, motion-picture show, movie, moving picture, mug,
   mug shot, multiple image, mural, near duplicate, newsreel, noise,
   notate, note, notion, nudie, objectification, objectify, obverse,
   operations research, organization, outline, output signal, paint,
   paint a picture, painting, panorama, parallel, particularization,
   pasticcio, pastiche, peculiarity, pencil, pendant, personification,
   phony, photo, photobiography, photochronograph, photodrama,
   photograph, photomap, photomicrograph, photomontage, photomural,
   photoplay, picture noise, picture shifts, picture show, picturing,
   picturize, pinup, pips, plan, planning, planning function, poem,
   poetic imagery, pornographic film, portrait, portraiture, portray,
   portrayal, prearrangement, presentment, preview, print, procedure,
   profile, program, program of action, property, prototype,
   radar signal, rain, rationalization, reading, realize, reciprocal,
   reflection, register, render, rendering, rendition, represent,
   representation, representative, reproduction, resemblance, return,
   return signal, ringer, rolling, rub, rubbing, scanning pattern,
   schedule, schema, schematism, schematization, schematize, scheme,
   scheme of arrangement, scintillation, scratch, scumble, seal,
   second self, see, semblance, set forth, setup, shade, shading,
   shadow, short, shot, show, sigil, sign, signal, signal display,
   signature, silent, silent film, similitude, simulacrum, sister,
   sketch, skin flick, slide, snap, snapshot, sneak preview, snow,
   snowstorm, soul mate, spaghetti western, specification, spit,
   spit and image, spitting image, spot, stained glass window, stamp,
   stencil, still, still life, still photograph, strategic plan,
   strategy, such, suchlike, summon up, sure sign, symbolize, symptom,
   system, systematization, tableau, tactical plan, tactics,
   take a rubbing, talkie, talking picture, tally, tapestry,
   target image, telephotograph, telltale sign, the big picture,
   the data, the details, the dope, the facts, the information,
   the like of, the likes of, the particulars, the picture, the scoop,
   the score, the specifics, the whole story, thing of beauty,
   thriller, tint, trace, trace out, trace over, tracing, trailer,
   trait, transmitter signal, transparency, triptych, twin,
   underground film, understanding, very image, very picture,
   video signal, vignette, vision, visual image, visualization,
   visualize, vivid description, wall painting, way, word painting,
   word-painting, working plan, write

[5] : The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (27 SEP 03)

picture
     
        image
     
     
see also:
image 

[6] : THE DEVIL'S DICTIONARY ((C)1911 Released April 15 1993)

picture, n.  a representation in two dimensions of something wearisome
in three.

    "behold great daubert's picture here on view --
    taken from life."  if that description's true,
    grant, heavenly powers, that i be taken, too.
                                                             jali hane

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