ALL meanings of pictures
pic·ture
P p - noun pictures a visual representation of a person, object, or scene, as a painting, drawing, photograph, etc.: I carry a picture of my grandchild in my wallet. 1
- noun pictures any visible image, however produced: pictures reflected in a pool of water. 1
- noun pictures a mental image: a clear picture of how he had looked that day. 1
- noun pictures a particular image or reality as portrayed in an account or description; depiction; version. 1
- noun pictures a tableau, as in theatrical representation. 1
- noun pictures motion picture. 1
- noun pictures pictures, Informal: Older Use. movies. 1
- noun pictures a person, thing, group, or scene regarded as resembling a work of pictorial art in beauty, fineness of appearance, etc.: She was a picture in her new blue dress. 1
- noun pictures the image or perfect likeness of someone else: He is the picture of his father. 1
- noun pictures a visible or concrete embodiment of some quality or condition: the picture of health. 1
- noun pictures a situation or set of circumstances: the economic picture. 1
- noun pictures the image on a computer monitor, the viewing screen of a television set, or a motion-picture screen. 1
- verb with object pictures to represent in a picture or pictorially, as by painting or drawing. 1
- verb with object pictures to form a mental picture of; imagine: He couldn't picture himself doing such a thing. 1
- verb with object pictures to depict in words; describe graphically: He pictured Rome so vividly that you half-believed you were there. 1
- verb with object pictures to present or create as a setting; portray: His book pictured the world of the future. 1