picture
pik cher
- 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 - n graphic art consisting of an artistic composition made by applying paints to a surface
his pictures hang in the Louvre - n a clear and telling mental image
he described his mental picture of his assailant
he had no clear picture of himself or his world - n a situation treated as an observable object
the political picture is favorable - n illustrations used to decorate or explain a text
the dictionary had many pictures - n a form of entertainment that enacts a story by sound and a sequence of images giving the illusion of continuous movement
- n the visible part of a television transmission
they could still receive the sound but the picture was gone - n 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 - n a typical example of some state or quality
the very picture of a modern general
she was the picture of despair - n a representation of a person or scene in the form of a print or transparent slide; recorded by a camera on light-sensitive material
- v imagine; conceive of; see in one's mind
- v show in, or as in, a picture
- Almost from the time that the first television picture tube appeared in the 1920s, electronic engineers have been looking for a simpler, less fragile and more economical device for .
- These often have a picture expander that takes the 4:3 aspect ratio of standard TV and stretches it or zooms and crops the image to fit the wide-format HDTV screen.
- From Michael Jackson's memorial to rioting in China, these are PTI's pictures of the week.