picture

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”

“his pictures hang in the Louvre”

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”

a situation treated as an observable object

“the political picture is favorable”

“the religious scene in England has changed in the last century”

illustrations used to decorate or explain a text

“the dictionary had many pictures”

a 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”

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”

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”