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Traditional English :: picture
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pcture - n. & v. --n. 1 a (often attrib.) a painting, drawing, photograph, etc., esp. as a work of art (picture frame). b a portrait, esp. a photograph, of a person (does not like to have her picture taken). c a beautiful object (her hat is a picture).
2 a a total visual or mental impression produced; a scene (the picture looks bleak). b a written or spoken description (drew a vivid picture of moral decay).
3 a a film. b (in pl.) Brit. a showing of films at a cinema (went to the pictures). c (in pl.) films in general.
4 an image on a television screen.
5 colloq. a esp. iron. a person or thing exemplifying something (he was the picture of innocence). b a person or thing resembling another closely (the picture of her aunt). --v.tr.
1 represent in a picture.
2 (also refl.; often foll. by to) imagine, esp. visually or vividly (pictured it to herself).
3 describe graphically. get the picture colloq. grasp the tendency or drift of circumstances, information, etc. in the picture fully informed or noticed. out of the picture uninvolved, inactive; irrelevant. picture-book a book containing many illustrations. picture-card a court-card. picture-gallery a place containing an exhibition or collection of pictures. picture-goer a person who frequents the cinema. picture hat a woman's wide-brimmed highly decorated hat as in pictures by Reynolds and Gainsborough. picture-moulding 1 woodwork etc. used for framing pictures.
2 a rail on a wall used for hanging pictures from. picture-palace (or -theatre) Brit. archaic a cinema. picture postcard a postcard with a picture on one side. picture window a very large window consisting of one pane of glass. picture-writing a mode of recording events etc. by pictorial symbols as in early hieroglyphics etc. [ME f. L pictura f. pingere pict- paint] |
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Related Words
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naked
picture
free
adult
angel
anime
pic
animal
baby
beach
bikini
wedding
cake
car
cartoon
cat
celebrity
photo
cool
hair
cut
msn
display
dog
dolphin
dragon
fairy
flower
frame
nude
gay
porn
sex
funny
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Most Often Usage
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naked picture
free naked picture
free adult picture
angel picture
anime pic
animal picture
baby picture
beach picture
bikini pic
wedding cake picture
car picture
cartoon picture
cat picture
celebrity photo
cool picture
picture of hair cut
msn display picture
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