Picture

n.	1.	The art of painting; representation by painting. Any well-expressed image . . . either in picture or sculpture. - Sir H. Wotton.
	2.	A representation of anything (as a person, a landscape, a building) upon canvas, paper, or other surface, produced by means of painting, drawing, engraving, photography, etc.; a representation in colors. By extension, a figure; a model. Pictures and shapes are but secondary objects. - Bacon. The young king's picture . . . in virgin wax. - Howell.
	3.	An image or resemblance; a representation, either to the eye or to the mind; that which, by its likeness, brings vividly to mind some other thing; as, a child is the picture of his father; the man is the picture of grief. My eyes make pictures when they are shut. - Coleridge. Animated picture a moving picture. Picture gallery a gallery, or large apartment, devoted to the exhibition of pictures. Picture red a rod of metal tube fixed to the walls of a room, from which pictures are hung. Picture writing a - The art of recording events, or of expressing messages, by means of pictures representing the actions or circumstances in question b - The record or message so represented; as, the picture writing of the American Indians. - Tylor.
v. t.	1.	To draw or paint a resemblance of; to delineate; to represent; to form or present an ideal likeness of; to bring before the mind. [imp. & p. p. Pictured ; p. pr. & vb. n. Picturing.] I have not seen him so pictured. - Shak.

Noun	1.	picture - 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" Synonyms: ikon, image, icon
	2.	picture - 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" Synonyms: painting
	3.	picture - a clear and telling mental image; "he described his mental picture of his assailant"; "he had no clear picture of himself or his world"; "the events left a permanent impression in his mind" Synonyms: mental picture, impression
	4.	picture - a situation treated as an observable object; "the political picture is favorable"; "the religious scene in England has changed in the last century" Synonyms: scene
	5.	picture - illustrations used to decorate or explain a text; "the dictionary had many pictures" Synonyms: pictorial matter
	6.	picture - a form of entertainment that enacts a story by a sequence of images giving the illusion of continuous movement; "they went to a movie every Saturday night"; "the film was shot on location" Synonyms: motion picture, motion-picture show, movie, moving picture, moving-picture show, pic, picture show, film, flick
	7.	picture - the visible part of a television transmission; "they could still receive the sound but the picture was gone" Synonyms: video
	8.	picture - 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"; "the pamphlet contained brief characterizations of famous Vermonters" Synonyms: characterisation, characterization, delineation, depiction, word picture, word-painting
	9.	picture - a typical example of some state or quality; "the very picture of a modern general"; "she was the picture of despair"
Verb	1.	picture - 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" Synonyms: envision, fancy, image, visualize, visualise, figure, see, project
	2.	picture - 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" Synonyms: depict, show, render

picture - image

To see a picture in your dream, symbolizes a mental imprint that remains persistent in your mind. There may be permanence in your actions. Also consider the pun on "picture this" or "seeing the big picture" in a situation. 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sister, skin flick, slide, snap, snapshot, sneak preview, snow, snowstorm, soul mate, spaghetti Western, specification, spit, spit and image, spitting image, spot, stained glass window, stamp, stencil, still, still life, still photograph, strategic plan, strategy, such, suchlike, summon up, sure sign, symbolize, symptom, system, systematization, tableau, tactical plan, tactics, take a rubbing, talkie, talking picture, tally, tapestry, target image, telephotograph, telltale sign, the big picture, the data, the details, the dope, the facts, the information, the like of, the likes of, the particulars, the picture, the scoop, the score, the specifics, the whole story, thing of beauty, thriller, tint, trace, trace out, trace over, tracing, trailer, trait, transmitter signal, transparency, triptych, twin, underground film, understanding, very image, very picture, video signal, vignette, vision, visual image, visualization, visualize, vivid description, wall painting, way, word painting, 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