pictures

'pictures'

[picture.n.01] as in: a visual representation (of an object or scene or person or abstraction) produced on a surface

Examples:
they showed us the pictures of their wedding
a movie is a series of images projected so rapidly that the eye integrates them

'pictures'

[painting.n.01] as in: graphic art consisting of an artistic composition made by applying paints to a surface

Examples:
a small painting by Picasso
he bought the painting as an investment
his pictures hang in the Louvre

'pictures'

[mental_picture.n.01] as in: a clear and telling mental image

Examples:
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

'pictures'

[picture.n.04] as in: a situation treated as an observable object

Examples:
the political picture is favorable
the religious scene in England has changed in the last century

'pictures'

[picture.n.05] as in: illustrations used to decorate or explain a text

Examples:
the dictionary had many pictures

'pictures'

[movie.n.01] as in: a form of entertainment that enacts a story by sound and a sequence of images giving the illusion of continuous movement

Examples:
they went to a movie every Saturday night
the film was shot on location

'pictures'

[video.n.01] as in: the visible part of a television transmission

Examples:
they could still receive the sound but the picture was gone

'pictures'

[word_picture.n.01] as in: a graphic or vivid verbal description

Examples:
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

'pictures'

[picture.n.09] as in: a typical example of some state or quality

Examples:
the very picture of a modern general
she was the picture of despair

'pictures'

[photograph.n.01] as in: a representation of a person or scene in the form of a print or transparent slide; recorded by a camera on light-sensitive material

'pictures'

[visualize.v.01] as in: imagine; conceive of; see in one's mind

Examples:
I can't see him on horseback!
I can see what will happen
I can see a risk in this strategy

'pictures'

[picture.v.02] as in: show in, or as in, a picture

Examples:
This scene depicts country life
the face of the child is rendered with much tenderness in this painting

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