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Definition of Picture

Picture

  1. The art of painting; representation by painting.
  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.
  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.
  4. To draw or paint a resemblance of; to delineate; to represent; to form or present an ideal likeness of; to bring before the mind.

Picture Quotations

Every day we should hear at least one little song, read one good poem, see one exquisite picture, and, if possible, speak a few sensible words.
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

One picture is worth 1,000 denials.
Ronald Reagan

The soul never thinks without a picture.
Aristotle

A picture is worth a thousand words.
Napoleon Bonaparte

The postman wants an autograph. The cab driver wants a picture. The waitress wants a handshake. Everyone wants a piece of you.
John Lennon
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Picture Translations

picture in Afrikaans is beeld, skildery
picture in Danish is figur, billede
picture in Dutch is beeld, prent, afbeelding, plaat
picture in Finnish is kuva
picture in French is figure, image
picture in Italian is dipinto, accettazione
picture in Norwegian is bilde, maleri
picture in Portuguese is retrato, quadro
picture in Spanish is grabado, ingreso, imagen

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