PICTURE
\pˈɪkt͡ʃə], \pˈɪktʃə], \p_ˈɪ_k_tʃ_ə]\
Definitions of PICTURE
- 2011 - English Dictionary Database
- 2006 - WordNet 3.0
- 2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
- 1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
- 1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
- 1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
- 1894 - The Clarendon dictionary
- 1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
- 1914 - Nuttall's Standard dictionary of the English language
- 1874 - Etymological and pronouncing dictionary of the English language
- 1871 - The Cabinet Dictionary of the English Language
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a visual representation of an object or scene or person 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"
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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"
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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"
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a typical example of some state or quality; "the very picture of a modern general"; "she was the picture of despair"
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the visible part of a television transmission; "they could still receive the sound but the picture was gone"
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a situation treated as an observable object; "the political picture is favorable"; "the religious scene in England has changed in the last century"
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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"
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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"
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a typical example of some state or quality; "the very picture of a modern general"; "she was the picture of despair"
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the visible part of a television transmission; "they could still receive the sound but the picture was gone"
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a situation treated as an observable object; "the political picture is favorable"; "the religious scene in England has changed in the last century"
By Princeton University
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The art of painting; representation by painting.
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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.
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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.
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To draw or paint a resemblance of; to delineate; to represent; to form or present an ideal likeness of; to bring before the mind.
By Oddity Software
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The art of painting; representation by painting.
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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.
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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.
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To draw or paint a resemblance of; to delineate; to represent; to form or present an ideal likeness of; to bring before the mind.
By Noah Webster.
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A painting, drawing, etc., of a person, object, scene, or incident; a likeness or image; a mental image; bodily representation; as he was the picture of despair; vivid description in words.
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To represent in a painting, etc.; to describe vividly; to form a mental image of.
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer
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A painting: a likeness in colors: a drawing: painting: a resemblance: an image.
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To paint, to represent by painting: to form an ideal likeness of: to describe vividly.
By Daniel Lyons
By William Hand Browne, Samuel Stehman Haldeman
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To represent, as by a painting or drawing; depict.
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A representation by lines or colors, as a drawing, engraving, painting, or photograph; image; resemblance.
By James Champlin Fernald
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A painting or drawing exhibiting the resemblance of anything; a likeness; representation; description.
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To paint or draw resemblances; to represent; to describe vividly.
By Nuttall, P.Austin.
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