English > picture: 12 senses > noun 1, artifact| Meaning | A visual representation (of an object or scene or person or abstraction) produced on a surface. |
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| Example | "they showed us the pictures of their wedding" |
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| Synonyms | image, icon, ikon |
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| Narrower | bitmap, electronic image | An image represented as a two dimensional array of brightness values for pixels |
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| chiaroscuro | A monochrome picture made by using several different shades of the same color |
| collage, montage | A paste-up made by sticking together pieces of paper or photographs to form an artistic image |
| foil, transparency | picture consisting of a positive photograph or drawing on a transparent base |
| graphic, computer graphic | An image that is generated by a computer |
| iconography | The images / images and symbolic representations that are traditionally associated with a person or a subject / subject |
| inset | A small picture inserted within the bounds or a larger one |
| likeness, semblance | picture consisting of a graphic image of a person or thing |
| panorama, cyclorama, diorama | A picture / picture (or series of pictures / pictures) representing a continuous scene |
| reflection, reflexion | The image of something as reflected by a mirror (or other reflective material) |
| scan, CAT scan | An image produced by scanning |
| sonogram, echogram | An image of a structure that is produced by ultrasonography (reflections of high-frequency sound waves) |
| Broader | representation | A creation that is a visual or tangible rendering of someone or something |
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| Spanish | fotografía, foto, ilustración, imagen, retrato |
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| Catalan | fotografia, foto, imatge |
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| Adjectives | pictural | pertaining to or consisting of pictures / pictures |
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| Verbs | picture, depict | show in, or as in, a picture / picture |
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English > picture: 12 senses > noun 2, artifact| Meaning | graphic art consisting of an artistic composition made by applying paints to a surface. |
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| Example | "his pictures hang in the Louvre" |
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| Synonym | painting |
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| Narrower | abstraction | An abstract painting |
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| cityscape | painting depicting a city or urban area |
| daub | An unskillful painting |
| distemper | A painting created with paint that is made by mixing the pigments with water and a binder |
| finger-painting | A painting produced by spreading paint with the fingers |
| icon, ikon | A conventional religious painting in oil on a small wooden panel |
| landscape | painting depicting an expanse of natural scenery |
| miniature, illumination | painting or drawing included in a book (especially in illuminated medieval manuscripts) |
| monochrome | painting done in a range of tones of a single color |
| mural, wall painting | A painting that is applied to a wall surface |
| nude, nude painting | A painting of a naked human figure |
| oil painting | A picture painted with oil paints |
| pentimento | The reappearance in a painting of an underlying image that had been painted over (usually when the later painting becomes transparent with age / age) |
| sand painting | A painting done by Amerindians (especially Navaho) |
| seascape, waterscape | A painting of the sea (as distinguished from a landscape) |
| semi-abstraction | A semiabstract painting |
| still life | A painting of inanimate objects such as fruit or flowers |
| tanka | A Tibetan religious painting on fabric |
| trompe l'oeil | A painting rendered in such great detail as to deceive the viewer concerning its reality |
| watercolor, water-color, watercolour, water-colour | A painting produced with watercolors / watercolors |
| Broader | graphic art | The arts of drawing or painting or printmaking |
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| Spanish | cuadro, imagen, lienzo, pintado, pintura |
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| Catalan | pintura, quadre, tela |
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| Adjectives | pictural | pertaining to or consisting of pictures / pictures |
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| Verbs | depict | make a portrait of |
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| picture | show in, or as in, a picture / picture |
English > picture: 12 senses > noun 6, communication| Meaning | A form of entertainment that enacts a story by sound and a sequence of images giving the illusion of continuous movement. |
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| Synonyms | movie, film, moving picture, moving-picture show, motion picture, motion-picture show, picture show, pic, flick |
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| Category of | dub | Provide (movies) with a soundtrack of a foreign language |
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| film, shoot, take | make a film or photograph of something |
| reshoot | shoot again |
| synchronize, synchronise | make (motion picture sound) exactly simultaneous with the action |
| videotape, tape | record on videotape |
| Parts | credit | An entry on a list of persons who contributed to a film or written work |
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| credits | A list of acknowledgements of those who contributed to the creation of a film (usually run at the end of the film) |
| scene, shot | A consecutive series of pictures that constitutes a unit of action in a film |
| sequence, episode | film consisting of a succession of related shots that develop a given subject / subject in a movie |
| subtitle, caption | translation of foreign dialogue of a movie or TV program |
| Narrower | cinema verite | A movie that shows ordinary people in actual activities without being controlled by a director |
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| collage film | A movie that juxtaposes different kinds of footage |
| coming attraction | A movie that is advertised to draw customers |
| documentary, docudrama, documentary film, infotainment | A film or TV program presenting the facts / facts about a person or event |
| feature, feature film | The principal (full-length) film in a program at a movie theater |
| film noir | A movie that is marked by a mood of pessimism, fatalism, menace, and cynical characters |
| final cut | The final / final edited version of a movie as approved by the director and producer |
| home movie | A film made at home by an amateur photographer |
| musical, musical comedy, musical theater | A play or film whose action and dialogue is interspersed with singing and dancing |
| rough cut | The first print of a movie after preliminary editing |
| shoot-'em-up | A movie featuring shooting and violence |
| short subject | A brief film |
| silent movie, silent picture, silents | A movie without a soundtrack |
| skin flick | A pornographic movie |
| slow motion | A movie that apparently takes place at a slower than normal speed |
| talking picture, talkie | A movie with synchronized speech and singing / singing |
| telefilm | A movie that is made to be shown on television |
| three-D, 3-D, 3D | A movie with images having three dimensional form or appearance |
| Broader | product, production | An artifact that has been created by someone or some process |
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| show | A social event involving a public performance or entertainment |
| Spanish | cine, filme, film, película, producción |
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| Catalan | film, pel·lícula, producció |
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English > picture: 12 senses > noun 10, artifact| Meaning | A representation of a person or scene in the form of a print or transparent slide; recorded by a camera on light-sensitive material. |
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| Synonyms | photograph, photo, exposure, pic |
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| Narrower | beefcake | A photograph of a muscular / muscular man in minimal attire |
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| black and white, monochrome | A black-and-white photograph or slide |
| blueprint | photographic print of plans or technical drawings etc. |
| cheesecake | A photograph of an attractive woman in minimal attire |
| closeup | A photograph taken at close range |
| daguerreotype | A photograph made by an early photographic process |
| enlargement, blowup, magnification | A photographic print that has been enlarged |
| frame | A single one of a series of still transparent pictures forming a cinema, television or video film |
| glossy | A photograph that is printed on smooth shiny paper |
| headshot | A photograph of a person's head |
| hologram, holograph | The intermediate photograph (or photographic record) that contains information for reproducing a three-dimensional image by holography |
| longshot | A photograph taken from a distance |
| microdot | photograph reduced to the size of a dot (usually for purposes of security) |
| mosaic, arial mosaic, photomosaic | Arrangement of aerial photographs forming a composite picture |
| mug shot, mugshot | A photograph of someone's face (especially one made for police records) |
| photocopy | A photographic copy of written or printed or graphic work |
| photographic print, print | A printed picture produced from a photographic negative |
| photomicrograph | A photograph taken with the help of a microscope |
| radiogram, radiograph, shadowgraph, skiagraph, skiagram | A photographic image produced on a radiosensitive surface by radiation other than visible light (especially by X-rays or gamma rays) |
| scene, shot | A consecutive series of pictures that constitutes a unit of action in a film |
| snapshot, snap, shot | An informal photograph |
| spectrogram, spectrograph | A photographic record of a spectrum |
| stereo, stereoscopic picture, stereoscopic photograph | Two photographs taken from slightly different angles that appear three-dimensional when viewed together |
| still | A static photograph (especially one taken from a movie and used for advertising purposes) |
| stock photograph, stock image | An exisitng photograph licensed for a specific use |
| telephotograph, telephoto | A photograph made with a telephoto lens |
| telephotograph | A photograph transmitted and reproduced over a distance |
| time exposure | A photograph produced with a relatively long exposure time |
| vignette | A photograph whose edges shade off gradually |
| wedding picture | photographs of bride and groom and their friends taken at their wedding |
| Broader | representation | A creation that is a visual or tangible rendering of someone or something |
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| Spanish | exposición, figura, fotografía, foto, imagen, retrato |
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| Catalan | exposició, fotografia, foto, imatge |
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English > picture: 12 senses > verb 1, creation| Meaning | imagine; conceive of; see in one's mind. |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s something; Somebody ----s that CLAUSE |
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| Synonyms | visualize, visualise, envision, project, fancy, see, figure, image |
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| Broader | imagine, conceive of, ideate, envisage | form a mental image of something that is not present or that is not the case |
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| Similar to | understand, realize, realise, see | perceive (an idea or situation) mentally |
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| visualize, visualise | form a mental picture of something that is invisible or abstract |
| Spanish | figurarse, imaginarse, imaginar, representarse, ver, visualizar |
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| Catalan | figurar-se, imaginar-se, representar-se, veure |
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| Nouns | picture | a clear and telling mental image |
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| picturing | visual imagery |
