Definition of "Picture" :

noun: graphic art consisting of an artistic composition made by applying paints to a surface

"His pictures hang in the Louvre."

noun: a representation of a person or scene in the form of a print or transparent slide or in digital format

noun: a visual representation (of an object or scene or person or abstraction) produced on a surface

"They showed us the pictures of their wedding."

noun: a typical example of some state or quality

"The very picture of a modern general."

noun: a clear and telling mental image

"He described his mental picture of his assailant."

noun: the visible part of a television transmission

"They could still receive the sound but the picture was gone."

noun: a form of entertainment that enacts a story by sound and a sequence of images giving the illusion of continuous movement

noun: illustrations used to decorate or explain a text

"The dictionary had many pictures."

noun: a graphic or vivid verbal description

"Too often the narrative was interrupted by long word pictures."

noun: a situation treated as an observable object

"The political picture is favorable."

verb: imagine; conceive of; see in one's mind

verb: show in, or as in, a picture