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  PICTURE, n.  A representation in two dimensions of something wearisome
  in three.
  
      "Behold great Daubert's picture here on view --
      Taken from Life."  If that description's true,
      Grant, heavenly Powers, that I be taken, too.
                                                               Jali Hane

From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (27 SEP 03) : [ foldoc ]


  picture
       
          image

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 : [ gcide ]


  Picture \Pic"ture\, n. [L. pictura, fr. pingere, pictum, to
     paint: cf. F. peinture. See Paint.]
     1. The art of painting; representation by painting. [Obs.]
        [1913 Webster]
  
              Any well-expressed image . . . either in picture or
              sculpture.                            --Sir H.
                                                    Wotton.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     2. 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.
        [1913 Webster]
  
              Pictures and shapes are but secondary objects.
                                                    --Bacon.
        [1913 Webster]
  
              The young king's picture . . . in virgin wax.
                                                    --Howell.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     3. 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.
        [1913 Webster]
  
              My eyes make pictures when they are shut.
                                                    --Coleridge.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     Note: Picture is often used adjectively, or in forming
           self-explaining compounds; as, picture book or
           picture-book, picture frame or picture-frame, picture
           seller or picture-seller, etc.
           [1913 Webster]
  
     Animated picture, a moving picture.
  
     Picture gallery, a gallery, or large apartment, devoted to
        the exhibition of pictures.
  
     Picture red, a rod of metal tube fixed to the walls of a
        room, from which pictures are hung.
  
     Picture writing.
        (a) The art of recording events, or of expressing
            messages, by means of pictures representing the
            actions or circumstances in question. --Tylor.
        (b) The record or message so represented; as, the picture
            writing of the American Indians.
            [1913 Webster]
  
     Syn: Picture, Painting.
  
     Usage: Every kind of representation by drawing or painting is
            a picture, whether made with oil colors, water colors,
            pencil, crayons, or India ink; strictly, a painting is
            a picture made by means of colored paints, usually
            applied moist with a brush.
            [1913 Webster]

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 : [ gcide ]


  Picture \Pic"ture\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Pictured; p. pr. & vb.
     n. Picturing.]
     To draw or paint a resemblance of; to delineate; to
     represent; to form or present an ideal likeness of; to bring
     before the mind. ``I . . . do picture it in my mind.''
     --Spenser.
     [1913 Webster]
  
           I have not seen him so pictured.         --Shak.
     [1913 Webster]

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) : [ web1913 ]


  Picture \Pic"ture\, n.
  
     Animated picture, a moving picture. Pierre-perdu
  \Pierre`-per`du"\, n. [F. pierre perdue lost stone.]
     Blocks of stone or concrete heaped loosely in the water to
     make a foundation (as for a sea wall), a mole, etc.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) : [ web1913 ]


  Picture \Pic"ture\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Pictured; p. pr. & vb.
     n. Picturing.]
     To draw or paint a resemblance of; to delineate; to
     represent; to form or present an ideal likeness of; to bring
     before the mind. ``I . . . do picture it in my mind.''
     --Spenser.
  
           I have not seen him so pictured.         --Shak.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) : [ web1913 ]


  Picture \Pic"ture\, n. [L. pictura, fr. pingere, pictum, to
     paint: cf. F. peinture. See Paint.]
     1. The art of painting; representation by painting. [Obs.]
  
              Any well-expressed image . . . either in picture or
              sculpture.                            --Sir H.
                                                    Wotton.
  
     2. 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.
  
              Pictures and shapes are but secondary objects.
                                                    --Bacon.
  
              The young king's picture . . . in virgin wax.
                                                    --Howell.
  
     3. 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.
  
              My eyes make pictures when they are shut.
                                                    --Coleridge.
  
     Note: Picture is often used adjectively, or in forming
           self-explaining compounds; as, picture book or
           picture-book, picture frame or picture-frame, picture
           seller or picture-seller, etc.
  
     Picture gallery, a gallery, or large apartment, devoted to
        the exhibition of pictures.
  
     Picture red, a rod of metal tube fixed to the walls of a
        room, from which pictures are hung.
  
     Picture writing.
        (a) The art of recording events, or of expressing
            messages, by means of pictures representing the
            actions or circumstances in question. --Tylor.
        (b) The record or message so represented; as, the picture
            writing of the American Indians.
  
     Syn: Picture, Painting.
  
     Usage: Every kind of representation by drawing or painting is
            a picture, whether made with oil colors, water colors,
            pencil, crayons, or India ink; strictly, a painting is
            a picture made by means of colored paints, usually
            applied moist with a brush.

From WordNet (r) 2.0 : [ wn ]


  picture
       n 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" [syn: image, icon, ikon]
       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" [syn: painting]
       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" [syn: mental picture, impression]
       4: a situation treated as an observable object; "the political
          picture is favorable"; "the religious scene in England has
          changed in the last century" [syn: scene]
       5: illustrations used to decorate or explain a text; "the
          dictionary had many pictures" [syn: pictorial matter]
       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" [syn: movie, film, moving picture, moving-picture
          show, motion picture, motion-picture show, picture
          show, pic, flick]
       7: the visible part of a television transmission; "they could
          still receive the sound but the picture was gone" [syn: video]
       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" [syn: word picture, word-painting, delineation,
           depiction, characterization, characterisation]
       9: a typical example of some state or quality; "the very
          picture of a modern general"; "she was the picture of
          despair"
       v 1: 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" [syn: visualize, visualise, envision,
             project, fancy, see, figure, image]
       2: 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" [syn: depict, render, show]

From Greek Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-el-ALL-2023-07-27 ]


  picture
     Αγγλικά n.
     1 η εικόνα
     2 η φωτογραφία

From English Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-ALL-2023-07-27 ]


  picture
     n.
     1 A representation of anything (as a person, a landscape, a building)
  upon canvas, paper, or other surface, by drawing, painting, printing,
  photography, etc.
     2 An image; a representation as in the imagination.
     vb.
     1 (lb en transitive) To represent in or with a picture.
     2 (lb en transitive) To imagine or envision.
     3 (lb en transitive) To depict or describe vividly.
     Norman n.
     (lb nrf Guernsey) (l en picture)

From English Wiktionary: English language only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-en-2023-07-27 ]


  picture
     n.
     1 A representation of anything (as a person, a landscape, a building)
  upon canvas, paper, or other surface, by drawing, painting, printing,
  photography, etc.
     2 An image; a representation as in the imagination.
     vb.
     1 (lb en transitive) To represent in or with a picture.
     2 (lb en transitive) To imagine or envision.
     3 (lb en transitive) To depict or describe vividly.

From English Wiktionary: Western, Greek, and Slavonic languages only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western_Greek_Slavonic-2023-07-27 ]


  picture
     n.
     1 A representation of anything (as a person, a landscape, a building)
  upon canvas, paper, or other surface, by drawing, painting, printing,
  photography, etc.
     2 An image; a representation as in the imagination.
     vb.
     1 (lb en transitive) To represent in or with a picture.
     2 (lb en transitive) To imagine or envision.
     3 (lb en transitive) To depict or describe vividly.

From English Wiktionary: Western languages only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western-2023-07-27 ]


  picture
     n.
     1 A representation of anything (as a person, a landscape, a building)
  upon canvas, paper, or other surface, by drawing, painting, printing,
  photography, etc.
     2 An image; a representation as in the imagination.
     vb.
     1 (lb en transitive) To represent in or with a picture.
     2 (lb en transitive) To imagine or envision.
     3 (lb en transitive) To depict or describe vividly.

From Finnish Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-fi-ALL-2023-07-27 ]


  picture
     Englanti n.
     1 kuva
     2 taulu
     3 valokuva
     4 (''motion ~ '') elokuva
     Englanti vb.
     1 kuvata
     2 kuvitella

From Swedish Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-sv-ALL-2023-07-27 ]


  picture
     Engelska n.
     1 bild, avbildning av verkligheten på papper, sten, sand etc.
     2 bild, foto fotografisk avbildning.
     Engelska vb.
     1 avbilda
     2 föreställa sig

From English-Afrikaans FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 : [ freedict:eng-afr ]


  picture /pˈɪktʃə/
  1. beeld, beeltenis
  2. skildery

From English-Afrikaans FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 : [ freedict:eng-afr ]


  picture /pˈɪktʃə/
  poskaart

From English-Arabic FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.6.3 : [ freedict:eng-ara ]


  Picture /pˈɪktʃə/
  الصورة

From English-български език FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 : [ freedict:eng-bul ]


  picture //ˈpɪktʃə// //ˈpɪkt͡ʃɚ// //ˈpɪt͡ʃɚ// 
  1. филм, ки́но, ки́нофи́лм
  informal: cinema
  2. сни́мка, фотогра́фия
  photograph
  3. карти́на, о́браз
  representation of visible reality produced by drawing, etc

From English-български език FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 : [ freedict:eng-bul ]


  picture //ˈpɪktʃə// //ˈpɪkt͡ʃɚ// //ˈpɪt͡ʃɚ// 
  1. представям си
  to imagine or envision
  2. изобразявам, рисувам
  to take a picture of