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picture
A	noun
	1	painting, picture
			graphic art consisting of an artistic composition made by applying paints to a surface; "a small painting by Picasso"; "he bought the painting as an investment"; "his pictures hang in the Louvre"
		Category Tree: entity ╚object; physical object ╚artifact; artefact ╚creation ╚art; fine art ╚graphic art ╚painting, picture ╚monochrome ╚miniature; illumination ╚landscape ╚icon; ikon ╚finger-painting ╚distemper ╚daub ╚cityscape ╚abstraction
	2	picture, image, icon, ikon
			a visual representation (of an object or scene or person or abstraction) produced on a surface; "they showed us the pictures of their wedding"; "a movie is a series of images projected so rapidly that the eye integrates them"
		Category Tree: entity ╚object; physical object ╚artifact; artefact ╚creation ╚representation ╚picture, image, icon, ikon ╚reflection; reflexion ╚photograph; photo; exposure; pic ╚panorama; cyclorama; diorama ╚likeness; semblance ╚inset ╚iconography ╚foil; transparency ╚collage; montage ╚chiaroscuro ╚bitmap; electronic image
	3	picture
			a typical example of some state or quality; "the very picture of a modern general"; "she was the picture of despair"
		Category Tree: psychological feature ╚cognition; knowledge; noesis ╚process; cognitive process; mental process; operation; cognitive operation ╚basic cognitive process ╚representational process ╚typification; exemplification ╚picture
	4	mental picture, picture, impression
			a clear and telling mental image; "he described his mental picture of his assailant"; "he had no clear picture of himself or his world"; "the events left a permanent impression in his mind"
		Category Tree: psychological feature ╚cognition; knowledge; noesis ╚content; cognitive content; mental object ╚representation; mental representation; internal representation ╚image; mental image ╚mental picture, picture, impression
	5	video, picture
			the visible part of a television transmission; "they could still receive the sound but the picture was gone"
		Category Tree: abstraction ╚relation ╚social relation ╚communication ╚visual communication ╚video, picture
	6	movie, film, picture, moving picture, moving-picture show, motion picture, motion-picture show, picture show, pic, flick
			a form of entertainment that enacts a story by a sequence of images giving the illusion of continuous movement; "they went to a movie every Saturday night"; "the film was shot on location"
		Category Tree: event ╚social event ╚show ╚movie, film, picture, moving picture, moving-picture show, motion picture, motion-picture show, picture show, pic, flick ╚shoot-'em-up ╚coming attraction ╚collage film ╚home movie ╚final cut ╚feature; feature film
	7	picture, pictorial matter
			illustrations used to decorate or explain a text; "the dictionary had many pictures"
		Category Tree: abstraction ╚relation ╚social relation ╚communication ╚visual communication ╚artwork; art; graphics; nontextual matter ╚illustration ╚picture, pictorial matter
	8	word picture, word-painting, delineation, depiction, picture, characterization, characterisation
			a graphic or vivid verbal description; "too often the narrative was interrupted by long word pictures"; "the author gives a depressing picture of life in Poland"; "the pamphlet contained brief characterizations of famous Vermonters"
		Category Tree: abstraction ╚relation ╚social relation ╚communication ╚message; content; subject matter; substance ╚statement ╚description; verbal description ╚word picture, word-painting, delineation, depiction, picture, characterization, characterisation ╚portrayal; portraiture; portrait ╚epithet
	9	picture, scene
			a situation treated as an observable object; "the political picture is favorable"; "the religious scene in England has changed in the last century"
		Category Tree: state ╚situation; state of affairs ╚picture, scene
B	verb
	1	visualize, visualise, envision, project, fancy, see, figure, picture, image
			imagine; conceive of; see in one's mind; "I can't see him on horseback!"; "I can see what will happen"; "I can see a risk in this strategy"
		Category Tree: make; create ╚create by mental act; create mentally ╚imagine; conceive of; ideate; envisage ╚visualize, visualise, envision, project, fancy, see, figure, picture, image
	2	picture, depict, render, show
			show in, or as in, a picture; "This scene depicts country life"; "the face of the child is rendered with much tenderness in this painting"
		Category Tree: make; create ╚re-create ╚represent; interpret ╚picture, depict, render, show ╚map ╚illustrate

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