pic·ture (p k ch r)n. 1. A visual representation or image painted, drawn, photographed, or otherwise rendered on a flat surface. 2. A visible image, especially one on a flat surface or screen: the picture reflected in the lake; focused the picture on the movie screen. 3. a. A vivid or realistic verbal description: a Shakespearean picture of guilt. b. A vivid mental image. 4. A person or object bearing a marked resemblance to another: She's the picture of her mother. 5. A person, object, or scene that typifies or embodies an emotion, state of mind, or mood: Your face was the very picture of horror. 6. The chief circumstances of an event or time; a situation. 7. A movie. 8. A tableau vivant. tr.v. pic·tured, pic·tur·ing, pic·tures 1. To make a visible representation of. 2. To form a mental image of; visualize. 3. To describe vividly in words; make a verbal picture of: pictured their heroism in glowing language. See Synonyms at represent. [Middle English, from Latin pict  ra, from pictus, painted, past participle of pingere, to paint; see peig- in Indo-European roots.] |
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