Search results for 'picture':

picture noun 1 a representation of someone or something on a flat surface; a drawing, painting or photograph. 2 someone's portrait. 3 a view; a mental image • a clear picture of the battle. 4 a situation or outlook • a gloomy financial picture. 5 a person or thing strikingly like another • She is the picture of her mother. 6 a visible embodiment • was the picture of happiness. 7 an image of beauty • looks a picture. 8 the image received on a television screen • We get a good picture. 9 a film; a motion picture. 10 (the pictures) colloq the cinema • went to the pictures last night. verb (pictured, picturing) 1 to imagine or visualize • Just picture that settee in our lounge. 2 to describe something or someone vividly; to depict. 3 to represent or show someone or something in a picture or photograph. get the picture colloq to understand something. in the picture informed of all the relevant facts, etc. put me, her, him, etc in the picture give me, them, etc all the relevant facts, information, etc.
ETYMOLOGY: 15c: from Latin pictura painting.

picture noun 1 a representation of someone or something on a flat surface; a drawing, painting or photograph. 2 someone's portrait. 3 a view; a mental image • a clear picture of the battle. 4 a situation or outlook • a gloomy financial picture. 5 a person or thing strikingly like another • She is the picture of her mother. 6 a visible embodiment • was the picture of happiness. 7 an image of beauty • looks a picture. 8 the image received on a television screen • We get a good picture. 9 a film; a motion picture. 10 (the pictures) colloq the cinema • went to the pictures last night. verb (pictured, picturing) 1 to imagine or visualize • Just picture that settee in our lounge. 2 to describe something or someone vividly; to depict. 3 to represent or show someone or something in a picture or photograph. get the picture colloq to understand something. in the picture informed of all the relevant facts, etc. put me, her, him, etc in the picture give me, them, etc all the relevant facts, information, etc.
ETYMOLOGY: 15c: from Latin pictura painting.

picture noun 1 a representation of someone or something on a flat surface; a drawing, painting or photograph. 2 someone's portrait. 3 a view; a mental image • a clear picture of the battle. 4 a situation or outlook • a gloomy financial picture. 5 a person or thing strikingly like another • She is the picture of her mother. 6 a visible embodiment • was the picture of happiness. 7 an image of beauty • looks a picture. 8 the image received on a television screen • We get a good picture. 9 a film; a motion picture. 10 (the pictures) colloq the cinema • went to the pictures last night. verb (pictured, picturing) 1 to imagine or visualize • Just picture that settee in our lounge. 2 to describe something or someone vividly; to depict. 3 to represent or show someone or something in a picture or photograph. get the picture colloq to understand something. in the picture informed of all the relevant facts, etc. put me, her, him, etc in the picture give me, them, etc all the relevant facts, information, etc.
ETYMOLOGY: 15c: from Latin pictura painting.