Word: picture Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Inherited from Middle English picture, from Latin pictūra (“the art of painting, a painting”), from pingō (“to paint”). Doublet of pictura. Pronunciation: /ˈpɪk.t͡ʃə/, [ˈpʰɪk.t͡ʃə], /ˈpək.t͡ʃə/, [ˈpʰək.t͡ʃə], /ˈpɪk.t͡ʃɚ/ 1. A representation of anything (as a person, a landscape, a building) upon canvas, paper, or other surface, by drawing, painting, printing, photography, etc. Example: Orion hit a rabbit once; but though sore wounded it got to the bury, and, struggling in, the arrow caught the side of the hole and was drawn out.[…]. Ikey the blacksmith had forged us a spearhead after a sketch from a picture of a Greek warrior; and a rake-handle served as a shaft. Example: Drawings and pictures are more than mere ornaments in scientific discourse. Blackboard sketches, geological maps, diagrams of molecular structure, astronomical photographs, MRI images, the many varieties of statistical charts and graphs: These pictorial devices are indispensable tools for presenting evidence, for explaining a theory, for telling a story. 2. An image; a representation as in the imagination. Example: My eyes make pictures when they are shut. Example: So this was my future home, I thought! Certainly it made a brave picture. I had seen similar ones fired-in on many a Heidelberg stein. Backed by towering hills,[…]a sky of palest Gobelin flecked with fat, fleecy little clouds, it in truth looked a dear little city; the city of one's dreams. 3. A painting. Example: There was a picture hanging above the fireplace. Example: Here the stripped panelling was warmly gold and the pictures, mostly of the English school, were mellow and gentle in the afternoon light. 4. A photograph. Example: I took a picture of the church. Example: It has not been used for many years, and although it was impracticable to photograph the engine in the small confines of the shed it was possible to obtain a picture of the plate which it still carries showing the former ownership. 5. A motion picture. Labels: India, dated Example: Casablanca is my all-time favorite picture. Example: "You make moving pictures. In jungles and places." "That's me. And I've picked you for the lead in my next picture." 6. ("the pictures") Cinema (as a form of entertainment). Labels: in-plural, informal Example: Let's go to the pictures. 7. A paragon, a perfect example or specimen (of a category). Example: She's the very picture of health. Example: Franklin Delano Roosevelt was in poor health for much of his presidency, even though his doctors, his family, and even journalists colluded to portray him as the picture of health. 8. An attractive sight. Example: The garden is a real picture at this time of year. Example: it was heartening to see a young Indian football team Mata had invited to Manchester. His face was a picture when he listened to the little footballers sing a team song for him. 9. The art of painting; representation by painting. Example: any well-expressed image[…]either in picture or sculpture 10. A figure; a model. Example: the young king's picture[…]in virgin wax 11. Situation. Example: The employment picture for the older middle class is not so good. Example: You can't just look at the election, you've got to look at the big picture. 12. A sample of an illegal drug. Labels: Multicultural-London-English Example: If you want me to buy your weed I’ll need a picture. 13. A format string in the COBOL programming language. Example: The COBOL restriction for the currency symbol in a picture string to be replaced by a single character currency symbol is a compromise solution. Example: To recapitulate, the pictures we have considered so far are: X – any character A — alphabetic characters and the space character […]