Noun
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"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"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"4. a situation treated as an observable object;
"the political picture is favorable""the religious scene in England has changed in the last century"5. illustrations used to decorate or explain a text;
"the dictionary had many pictures"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"7. the visible part of a television transmission;
"they could still receive the sound but the picture was gone"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"9. a typical example of some state or quality;
"the very picture of a modern general""she was the picture of despair"