noun
plural -tures
[count] :a painting, drawing, or photograph of someone or something
[count] :an idea of how something or someone looks, of what something is like, etc. - usually singular
[noncount] :a general situation
[count] :an image on the screen of a television set
[count] :a movie or film
b the pictures old-fashioned :a showing of a movie in a theater
c pictures [plural] :the movies or movie industry
[noncount] someone or something that looks exactly like someone or something else
a perfect example of something
a picture is worth a thousand words
(as) pretty as a picture
keep someone in the picture
or put someone in the picture
chiefly Brit :to give someone the information that is needed to understand something
paint/draw a picture of
to create an idea or understanding of something or someone through words, facts, etc.
verb
-tures; -tured; -turing
[+ obj] to have a thought, understanding, or idea about (something or someone) :imagine
to show or represent (someone or something) in a painting, drawing, or photograph - usually used as (be) pictured
to describe (something or someone) in a particular way - + as; usually used as (be) pictured