picturing

pic·ture  (pkchr)

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.

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[Middle English, from Latin pictra, from pictus, painted, past participle of pingere, to paint; see peig- in Indo-European roots.]

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	picturing - visual imagery envisioning imagery, imaging, mental imagery, imagination - the ability to form mental images of things or events; "he could still hear her in his imagination"
	2.	picturing - visual representation as by photography or painting pictorial representation representation - an activity that stands as an equivalent of something or results in an equivalent delineation, depiction, portrayal - representation by drawing or painting etc tomography, imaging - (medicine) obtaining pictures of the interior of the body photography, picture taking - the act of taking and printing photographs