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  1. 1. n. The art of painting; representation by painting. Source: opted
  2. 2. n. 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. Source: opted
  3. 3. n. 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. Source: opted
  4. 4. v. t. To draw or paint a resemblance of; to delineate; to represent; to form or present an ideal likeness of; to bring before the mind. Source: opted
  5. 5. n. a visual representation (of an object or scene or person or abstraction) produced on a surface Source: wordnet
  6. 6. n. graphic art consisting of an artistic composition made by applying paints to a surface Source: wordnet
  7. 7. n. a clear and telling mental image Source: wordnet
  8. 8. n. a situation treated as an observable object Source: wordnet
  9. 9. n. illustrations used to decorate or explain a text Source: wordnet
  10. 10. n. a form of entertainment that enacts a story by sound and a sequence of images giving the illusion of continuous movement Source: wordnet
  11. 11. n. the visible part of a television transmission Source: wordnet
  12. 12. n. a graphic or vivid verbal description Source: wordnet

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