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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [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.


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           I have not seen him so pictured.         --Shak.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [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.]
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              Any well-expressed image . . . either in picture or
              sculpture.                            --Sir H.
                                                    Wotton.
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     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.
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              Pictures and shapes are but secondary objects.
                                                    --Bacon.
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              The young king's picture . . . in virgin wax.
                                                    --Howell.
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     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.
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              My eyes make pictures when they are shut.
                                                    --Coleridge.
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     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.
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     {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.
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     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.
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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 Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  452 Moby Thesaurus words for "picture":
     3-D, CRT spot, Cinemascope, Cinerama, DM display, Doppler signal,
     IF signal, IM display, RF echoes, Technicolor, Telephoto,
     Vorstellung, Western, Wirephoto, abstract, abstraction,
     aerial photograph, ally, altarpiece, alter ego, analogon, analogue,
     animated cartoon, approach, arrangement, artwork, associate,
     attack, badge, banner, beam, beat signal, black spot,
     black-and-white film, black-and-white photograph, blips,
     block print, bloom, blooping, blueprint, blueprinting, bounces,
     brass tacks, bring to life, brother, calculation, call to mind,
     call up, cameo, candid photograph, carbon copy, cartoon, catalog,
     cataloging, catch a likeness, certified copy, chalk, character,
     character sketch, characteristic, characterization, characterize,
     charcoal, chart, charting, cheesecake, chiller, chronophotograph,
     cine, cinema, close copy, close match, cognate, collage, color,
     color film, color photograph, color print, companion, complement,
     concept, conception, conceptualization, congenator, congener,
     conjure up, contrivance, coordinate, copy, correlate, correlative,
     correspondent, counterfeit, counterpart, crayon, creepie,
     crosshatch, cyclorama, dash off, daub, dead ringer, definition,
     delineate, delineation, depict, depiction, describe, description,
     design, details, device, diagram, diapositive, differentia,
     diptych, display, disposition, documentary, documentary film,
     doodle, double, double-dot display, draft, draw, drawing,
     duplicate, earmark, echo, echo signal, ectype, educational film,
     effigy, eidetic image, embodiment, engraving, enterprise, envisage,
     envisagement, envisaging, envision, envisioning, epitome,
     equivalent, essence, essential facts, essentials, evocation, evoke,
     exact likeness, express, eyeful, facsimile, fair copy,
     faithful copy, fake, fancy, feature, fellow, figuring, film, flare,
     flick, flicker, foresight, forethought, forgery, fresco,
     fringe area, game, ghost, give words to, granulation,
     graphic account, graphing, grid, ground plan, guidelines, hallmark,
     hard shadow, hatch, heliochrome, heliograph, hit off,
     horror picture, horse opera, icon, idea, idiosyncrasy, idol,
     illumination, illustrate, illustration, image, imagery,
     imagery study, imagine, imaging, imagism, imitation, impression,
     incarnation, index, indicant, indicator, insignia, intention,
     interpret, itemization, just see, keynote, kindred spirit, layout,
     lifelike image, like, likeness, limn, limning, lineup,
     living image, living picture, local oscillator signal,
     long-range plan, map, mapping, mark, master plan, match, mate,
     measure, mental image, mental picture, mental representation,
     method, methodology, miniature, mirroring, model, montage, mosaic,
     motion picture, motion-picture show, movie, moving picture, mug,
     mug shot, multiple image, mural, near duplicate, newsreel, noise,
     notate, note, notion, nudie, objectification, objectify, obverse,
     operations research, organization, outline, output signal, paint,
     paint a picture, painting, panorama, parallel, particularization,
     pasticcio, pastiche, peculiarity, pencil, pendant, personification,
     phony, photo, photobiography, photochronograph, photodrama,
     photograph, photomap, photomicrograph, photomontage, photomural,
     photoplay, picture noise, picture shifts, picture show, picturing,
     picturize, pinup, pips, plan, planning, planning function, poem,
     poetic imagery, pornographic film, portrait, portraiture, portray,
     portrayal, prearrangement, presentment, preview, print, procedure,
     profile, program, program of action, property, prototype,
     radar signal, rain, rationalization, reading, realize, reciprocal,
     reflection, register, render, rendering, rendition, represent,
     representation, representative, reproduction, resemblance, return,
     return signal, ringer, rolling, rub, rubbing, scanning pattern,
     schedule, schema, schematism, schematization, schematize, scheme,
     scheme of arrangement, scintillation, scratch, scumble, seal,
     second self, see, semblance, set forth, setup, shade, shading,
     shadow, short, shot, show, sigil, sign, signal, signal display,
     signature, silent, silent film, similitude, simulacrum, sister,
     sketch, skin flick, slide, snap, snapshot, sneak preview, snow,
     snowstorm, soul mate, spaghetti Western, specification, spit,
     spit and image, spitting image, spot, stained glass window, stamp,
     stencil, still, still life, still photograph, strategic plan,
     strategy, such, suchlike, summon up, sure sign, symbolize, symptom,
     system, systematization, tableau, tactical plan, tactics,
     take a rubbing, talkie, talking picture, tally, tapestry,
     target image, telephotograph, telltale sign, the big picture,
     the data, the details, the dope, the facts, the information,
     the like of, the likes of, the particulars, the picture, the scoop,
     the score, the specifics, the whole story, thing of beauty,
     thriller, tint, trace, trace out, trace over, tracing, trailer,
     trait, transmitter signal, transparency, triptych, twin,
     underground film, understanding, very image, very picture,
     video signal, vignette, vision, visual image, visualization,
     visualize, vivid description, wall painting, way, word painting,
     word-painting, working plan, write
  
  

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

  picture
       
          {image}
       
       

From THE DEVIL'S DICTIONARY ((C)1911 Released April 15 1993) [devils]:

  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
  
  

















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