Definition of Pictures

Noun: pictures pik-chu(r)z
Usage: Brit

A theatre where films are shown
- cinema, movie theater [US], movie theatre [N. Amer], movie house [N. Amer], picture palace [US], picture house [Brit], flicks [Brit]

Noun: picture pik-chu(r)

A visual representation (of an object, scene, person or abstraction) produced on a surface
"they showed us the pictures of their wedding";
- image, icon, ikon
Graphic art consisting of an artistic composition made by applying paints to a surface
"his pictures hang in the Louvre";
- painting
A clear and telling mental image
"he described his mental picture of his assailant"; "he had no clear picture of himself or his world";
- mental picture, impression
A situation treated as an observable object
"the political picture is favourable";
- scene
An illustration used to decorate or explain a text
"the dictionary had many pictures";
- pictorial matter
A form of entertainment that enacts a story by sound and a sequence of images giving the illusion of continuous movement
"they went to a motion-picture show every Saturday night";
- movie, film, moving picture, moving-picture show, motion picture, motion-picture show, picture show, pic, flick
The visible part of a television transmission
"they could still receive the sound but the picture was gone";
- video
A graphic or vivid verbal description
"too often the narrative was interrupted by long word pictures"; "the author gives a depressing picture of life in Poland";
- word picture, word-painting, delineation, depiction, characterization, characterisation [Brit]
A typical example of some state or quality
"the very picture of a modern general"; "she was the picture of despair"
A representation of a person or scene in the form of a print or transparent slide; recorded by a camera on light-sensitive material
"stick the picture onto the corkboard";
- photograph, photo, exposure, pic

Verb: picture pik-chu(r)

Imagine; conceive of; see in one's mind
"I can't picture him on horseback!";
- visualize, visualise [Brit], envision, project, fancy, see, figure, image
(art) show in, or as in, a picture
"This scene pictures country life";
- depict, render, show