[pic.ture] n [ME, fr. L pictura, fr. pictus, pp. of pingere to paint--more at paint] (15c) 1: a design or representation made by various means (as painting, drawing, or photography)
2. a: a description so vivid or graphic as to suggest a mental image or give an accurate idea of something "the book gives a detailed ~ of what is happening" b: a mental image
3: image, copy "the ~ of his father" "the very ~ of health"
4. a: a transitory visible image or reproduction b: motion picture c pl: movies
5: tableau 1,
2. "stage ~s"
6: situation "took a hard look at his financial ~"
[2]picture vt pic.tured ; pic.tur.ing (15c) 1: to paint or draw a representation, image, or visual conception of: depict; also: illustrate
2: to describe graphically in words
3: to form a mental image of: imagine