I.
noun
1 painting/drawing/photograph
ADJECTIVE
▪ beautiful , lovely , pretty , striking , stunning , wonderful
▪ blurred , blurry , fuzzy , grainy
▪ black-and-white , colour/color
▪ digital
▪ baby , family
▪ school ( esp. AmE ) (usually school photograph in BrE )
▪ holiday ( BrE ), vacation ( AmE ), wedding
▪ naked , nude
VERB + PICTURE
▪ draw , paint
▪ compose
▪ colour/color
▪
The book has simple stories and ~s to colour/color.
▪ frame , hang
▪ display , exhibit ( esp. BrE ), show
▪ pose for , sit for
▪ get , snap , take
▪
I got some good ~s of the procession.
▪ email sb , send sb
▪ download , upload
PICTURE + VERB
▪ depict sth , show sth
▪ hang
PICTURE + NOUN
▪ frame
▪ book , postcard
▪ gallery
▪ hook , rail (both esp. BrE )
▪ editor
PREPOSITION
▪ in a/the ~
▪
I can't see you in the ~.
▪
The story is told in ~s.
▪ ~ of
▪
It's a ~ of the Grand Canyon.
2 pictures on TV, in films/movies, etc.
ADJECTIVE
▪ moving
▪ live , satellite , television
3 description; mental image
ADJECTIVE
▪ compelling , dramatic , vivid
▪
The book gives a vivid ~ of life in modern Japan.
▪ clear
▪ pretty
▪
He didn't paint a very pretty ~ of city life.
▪ complete , comprehensive , full , general , overall , total , whole
▪
The documentary didn't give the full ~.
▪ big
▪
Because she's not involved, she can see the bigger ~.
▪ incomplete
▪ broad
▪
My visits enabled me to build up a broad ~ of the culture.
▪ composite
▪
a composite ~ of life a hundred years ago
▪ accurate , balanced , realistic , true
▪ false , misleading
▪ idealized , optimistic ( esp. BrE ), rosy
▪ bleak , dismal , gloomy , grim
▪
The report paints a dismal ~ of the government's economic record.
▪ distorted
▪ confusing
▪ detailed
▪ complex , complicated
▪ disturbing
▪ mental
▪
I tried to form a mental ~ of the building being described.
VERB + PICTURE
▪ build , build up , construct , create , develop , establish ( esp. BrE ), form , gain , get , obtain , put together
▪
They're trying to build up a detailed ~ of the incident.
▪ give (sb) , paint , present , project , reveal
▪
The figures reveal a disturbing ~ of the state of our schools.
▪ complete
▪ conjure , conjure up
▪
The smell of the sea conjures up ~s of my youth.
PICTURE + VERB
▪ emerge
▪
What emerges is a complex ~ of family rivalry.
4 film/movie
ADJECTIVE
▪ motion ( esp. AmE )
▪ action
▪ great , major ( AmE )
▪ best
▪
the award for best ~
PICTURE + VERB
▪ direct , make
▪ release
VERB + PICTURE
▪ star sb
▪
a major motion ~ starring Brent Everett
PREPOSITION
▪ in ~s ( AmE , old-fashioned )
▪
I believe her husband's in ~s (= he acts in movies or works in the industry) .
II.
verb
Picture is used with these nouns as the object: ↑ scene