n. The art or work of a painter; painting.n. A painting intended to exhibit the image of any person, scene, object, etc., in the natural colors, and with a more or less close approximation to the appearance of reality; especially, such a painting having sufficient merit to rank as a work of art.n. Hence, any resemblance or representation executed on a surface, as a sketch or drawing, or a photograph.n. An image; a representation as in the imagination.n. Any actual scene, group, combination, or play of colors, etc., considered as supplying the elements or as a suitable subject of a painting: as, the children at play formed a pretty picture.n. A vivid or graphic representation or description in words.n. In entomology, a colored pattern on a white or clear surface: generally used in describing the wings of Hymenoptera, Diptera, and Neuroptera. See picturaTo depict or represent pictorially.To form a mental image or picture of; spread out before the mind's eye as in a picture.To depict or describe in words; give a picture or vivid description of.n. A representative; a pattern: as, a picture of incompetence; a perfect picture of a horse.n. In medicine, the aggregation of phenomena presented by a disease.n. In theatr., the combined optical effect of the scenery, furniture, lighting, etc., and the groupings in which the performers may happen to be placed at any given moment in the play.