picture
1. a visual representation (of an object or scene or person or abstraction) produced on a surface (Freq. 25)
- 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
• Derivationally related forms:
iconic (for: icon), image (for: image), pictural, depict
• Hypernyms:
representation
• Hyponyms:
bitmap, electronic image, chiaroscuro, collage, montage,
foil, transparency, graphic, computer graphic, iconography, inset,
likeness, semblance, panorama, cyclorama, diorama, reflection,
reflexion, scan, CAT scan, sonogram, echogram
2. graphic art consisting of an artistic composition made by applying paints to a surface (Freq. 24)
- a small painting by Picasso
- he bought the painting as an investment
- his pictures hang in the Louvre
• Syn:
painting
• Derivationally related forms:
pictural, depict, paint (for: painting)
• Hypernyms:
graphic art
• Hyponyms:
abstraction, cityscape, daub, distemper, finger-painting,
icon, ikon, landscape, miniature, illumination, monochrome,
mural, wall painting, nude, nude painting, oil painting, pentimento,
sand painting, seascape, waterscape, semi-abstraction, still life, tanka,
trompe l'oeil, watercolor, water-color, watercolour, water-colour
3. a clear and telling mental image (Freq. 22)
- 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
• Hypernyms:
image, mental image
4. a situation treated as an observable object (Freq. 10)
- the political picture is favorable
- the religious scene in England has changed in the last century
• Syn:
scene
• Hypernyms:
situation, state of affairs
5. a form of entertainment that enacts a story by sound and a sequence of images giving the illusion of continuous movement (Freq. 3)
- 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
• Derivationally related forms:
film (for: film)
• Members of this Topic:
dub, synchronize, synchronise, film, shoot,
take, videotape, tape, reshoot
• Hypernyms:
show, product, production
• Hyponyms:
telefilm, feature, feature film, final cut, home movie,
collage film, coming attraction, shoot-'em-up, short subject, documentary, docudrama,
documentary film, infotainment, cinema verite, film noir, skin flick, rough cut,
silent movie, silent picture, silents, slow motion, talking picture, talkie,
three-D, 3-D, 3D, musical, musical comedy, musical theater
• Part Meronyms:
sequence, episode, credit, subtitle, caption,
credits, scene, shot
6. illustrations used to decorate or explain a text (Freq. 3)
- the dictionary had many pictures
• Syn:
pictorial matter
• Derivationally related forms:
pictural, depict
• Hypernyms:
illustration
7. the visible part of a television transmission (Freq. 3)
- they could still receive the sound but the picture was gone
• Syn:
video
• Hypernyms:
visual communication
• Part Holonyms:
television, telecasting, TV, video
8. a graphic or vivid verbal description (Freq. 2)
- 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
• Derivationally related forms:
characterise (for: characterisation), depict, depict (for: depiction), delineate (for: delineation)
• Hypernyms:
description, verbal description
• Hyponyms:
epithet, portrayal, portraiture, portrait
9. a typical example of some state or quality (Freq. 1)
- the very picture of a modern general
- she was the picture of despair
• Hypernyms:
typification, exemplification
10. a representation of a person or scene in the form of a print or transparent slide;
recorded by a camera on light-sensitive material
• Syn:
photograph, photo, exposure, pic
• Derivationally related forms:
photographic (for: photograph), photography (for: photograph), photograph (for: photograph)
• Hypernyms:
representation
• Hyponyms:
beefcake, black and white, monochrome, blueprint, cheesecake,
closeup, daguerreotype, enlargement, blowup, magnification, frame,
glossy, headshot, hologram, holograph, longshot, microdot,
mosaic, arial mosaic, photomosaic, mug shot, mugshot, photocopy,
photographic print, print, photomicrograph, radiogram, radiograph, shadowgraph,
skiagraph, skiagram, snapshot, snap, shot, spectrogram,
spectrograph, stereo, stereoscopic picture, stereoscopic photograph, still, telephotograph,
telephoto, time exposure, vignette, wedding picture, scene
1. imagine;
conceive of;
see in one's mind (Freq. 5)
- 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
• Derivationally related forms:
image (for: image), imaging (for: image), imagery (for: image), picturing, figuration (for: figure), seer (for: see), fancy (for: fancy), envisioning (for: envision), visualization (for: visualize), visualizer (for: visualize)
• Hypernyms:
imagine, conceive of, ideate, envisage
• Verb Group:
understand, realize, realise, see, visualize, visualise
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s something
- Somebody ----s that CLAUSE
2. show in, or as in, a picture (Freq. 4)
- This scene depicts country life
- the face of the child is rendered with much tenderness in this painting
• Syn:
depict, render, show
• Derivationally related forms:
depictive (for: depict), depiction (for: depict), picture (for: depict), depicting (for: depict), picturing
• Topics:
art, artistic creation, artistic production
• Hypernyms:
represent, interpret
• Hyponyms:
illustrate, map
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s something
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