n. (Jungian psychology) a personal facade that one presents to the world; "a public image is as fragile as Humpty Dumpty"

n. an iconic mental representation; "her imagination forced images upon her too awful to contemplate"

n. someone who closely resembles a famous person (especially an actor); "he could be Gingrich's double"; "she's the very image of her mother"

n. a representation of a person (especially in the form of sculpture); "the coin bears an effigy of Lincoln"; "the emperor's tomb had his image carved in stone"

n. a visual representation (of an object or scene or person or abstraction) produced on a surface; "they showed us the pictures of their wedding"; "a movie is a series of images projected so rapidly that the eye integrates them"

n. a standard or typical example; "he is the prototype of good breeding"; "he provided America with an image of the good father"

n. language used in a figurative or nonliteral sense

n. display on the surface of the large end of a cathode-ray tube on which is electronically created

n. a picture displayed by an electronic device

v. imagine; conceive of; see in one's mind; "I can't see him on horseback!"; "I can see what will happen"; "I can see a risk in this strategy"

adj. involving the mind or an intellectual process; "mental images of happy times"; "mental calculations"; "in a terrible mental state"; "mental suffering"; "free from mental defects"

adj. of or relating to the chin- or liplike structure in insects and certain mollusks

adj. of or relating to the mind; "mental powers"; "mental development"; "mental hygiene"

adj. of or relating to the chin or median part of the lower jaw

n. the general estimation that the public has for a person; "he acquired a reputation as an actor before he started writing"; "he was a person of bad report"

n. the quality of being worthy of esteem or respect; "it was beneath his dignity to cheat"; "showed his true dignity when under pressure"

n. a likeness in which left and right are reversed

n. an abstract or general idea inferred or derived from specific instances

n. a group of genetically identical cells or organisms derived from a single cell or individual by some kind of asexual reproduction

n. a person's partner in marriage

n. informal term for a friend of the same sex

n. someone who takes the place of another person

n. a person authorized to act for another

n. someone who takes the place of another (as when things get dangerous or difficult); "the star had a stand-in for dangerous scenes"; "we need extra employees for summer fill-ins"

n. an actor able to replace a regular performer when required

n. a sculpture of the head and shoulders of a person

n. a figure representing the human form

n. picture consisting of a graphic image of a person or thing

n. a life-size dummy used to display clothes

n. any likeness of a person; "the photographer made excellent portraits"

n. a material effigy that is worshipped; "thou shalt not make unto thee any graven image"; "money was his god"

n. a presentation to the mind in the form of an idea or image

n. a concrete representation of an otherwise nebulous concept; "a circle was the embodiment of his concept of life"

n. a perceptual structure; "the composition presents problems for students of musical form"; "a visual pattern must include not only objects but the spaces between them"

n. the choicest or most essential or most vital part of some idea or experience; "the gist of the prosecutor's argument"; "the heart and soul of the Republican Party"; "the nub of the story"

n. a person who goes before or announces the coming of another

n. a subdivision of a particular kind of thing; "what type of sculpture do you prefer?"

n. one of the portions into which something is regarded as divided and which together constitute a whole; "the written part of the exam"; "the finance section of the company"; "the BBC's engineering division"

n. a kind of person; "I don't like people of his ilk"

n. a type of product; "his car was an old model"

n. someone from whom you are descended (but usually more remote than a grandparent)

n. one who precedes you in time (as in holding a position or office)

n. the idea of something that is perfect; something that one hopes to attain

n. the purest and most concentrated essence of something

n. the ideal in terms of which something can be judged; "they live by the standards of their community"

n. an ideal instance; a perfect embodiment of a concept

n. an arbitrary sign (written or printed) that has acquired a conventional significance

n. a written symbol that is used to represent speech; "the Greek alphabet has 24 characters"

n. a diagram or picture illustrating textual material; "the area covered can be seen from Figure 2"

n. the conventional characters of the alphabet used to represent speech; "his grandmother taught him his letters"

n. a cushion-like device that reduces shock due to contact

n. a mechanical device consisting of bars at either end of a vehicle to absorb shock and prevent serious damage

n. a cushion to support the head of a sleeping person

n. a strainer for separating lumps from powdered material or grading particles

n. protective covering consisting of a metallic netting mounted in a frame and covering windows or doors (especially for protection against insects)

n. something that keeps things out or hinders sight; "they had just moved in and had not put up blinds yet"

n. a door that consists of a frame holding metallic or plastic netting; used to allow ventilation and to keep insects from entering a building through the open door; "he heard the screen slam as she left"

n. a mechanical damper; absorbs energy of sudden impulses; "the old car needed a new set of shocks"

n. a device designed to prevent injury

v. have the idea for; "He conceived of a robot that would help paralyzed patients"; "This library was well conceived"

v. reflect deeply on a subject; "I mulled over the events of the afternoon"; "philosophers have speculated on the question of God for thousands of years"; "The scientist must stop to observe and start to excogitate"

v. intend with some possibility of fulfilment; "I hope to have finished this work by tomorrow evening"

v. make a replica of; "copy that drawing"; "re-create a picture by Rembrandt"

v. make a portrait of; "Goya wanted to portray his mistress, the Duchess of Alba"

v. show in, or as in, a picture; "This scene depicts country life"; "the face of the child is rendered with much tenderness in this painting"

v. assume or act the character of; "She impersonates Madonna"; "The actor portrays an elderly, lonely man"

adj. of or being or relating to or involving cognition; "cognitive psychology"; "cognitive style"

adj. appealing to or using the intellect; "satire is an intellectual weapon"; "intellectual workers engaged in creative literary or artistic or scientific labor"; "has tremendous intellectual sympathy for oppressed people"; "coldly intellectual"; "sort of the intellectual type"; "intellectual literature"

adj. involving the body as distinguished from the mind or spirit; "physical exercise"; "physical suffering"; "was sloppy about everything but her physical appearance"