n.

1. a visual representation (of an object or scene or person or abstraction) produced on a surface;
   image, icon, ikon
   
   • they showed us the pictures of their wedding
   • a movie is a series of images projected so rapidly that the eye integrates them
2. graphic art consisting of an artistic composition made by applying paints to a surface;
   painting
   
   • a small painting by Picasso
   • he bought the painting as an investment
   • his pictures hang in the Louvre
3. a clear and telling mental image;
   mental picture, impression
   
   • 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
4. a situation treated as an observable object;
   scene
   
   • the political picture is favorable
   • the religious scene in England has changed in the last century
5. illustrations used to decorate or explain a text;
   pictorial matter
   
   • the dictionary had many pictures
6. a form of entertainment that enacts a story by a sequence of images giving the illusion of continuous movement;
   movie, film, moving picture, moving-picture show, motion picture, motion-picture show, picture show, pic, flick
   
   • they went to a movie every Saturday night
   • the film was shot on location
7. the visible part of a television transmission;
   video
   
   • they could still receive the sound but the picture was gone
8. a graphic or vivid verbal description;
   word picture, word-painting, delineation, depiction, characterization, characterisation
   
   • 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
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;
   visualize, visualise, envision, project, fancy, see, figure, image
   
   • I can't see him on horseback!
   • I can see what will happen
   • I can see a risk in this strategy
2. show in, or as in, a picture;
   depict, render, show
   
   • This scene depicts country life
   • the face of the child is rendered with much tenderness in this painting