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. graphic art consisting of an artistic composition made by applying paints to a surface; "a small painting by Picasso"; "he bought the painting as an investment"; "his pictures hang in the Louvre"

n. a typical example of some state or quality; "the very picture of a modern general"; "she was the picture of despair"

n. illustrations used to decorate or explain a text; "the dictionary had many pictures"

n. a situation treated as an observable object; "the political picture is favorable"; "the religious scene in England has changed in the last century"

n. a picture displayed by an electronic device

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"