Just picture me as Santa Claus!
•I can't picture you as a doctor.
Dictionary of American idioms. 2013.
picture — pic|ture1 [ pıktʃər ] noun *** 1. ) count a drawing, painting, or photograph: I noticed a picture on the dining room wall. a children s book with bright colorful pictures picture of: She showed me a picture of the house where she was born. a… … Usage of the words and phrases in modern English
picture — I UK [ˈpɪktʃə(r)] / US [ˈpɪktʃər] noun Word forms picture : singular picture plural pictures *** Talking or writing about pictures: painting a picture that is made using paints drawing a picture that is made using a pen or pencils sketch a… … English dictionary
picture — pic|ture1 W1S1 [ˈpıktʃə US ər] n ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ 1¦(painting/drawing)¦ 2¦(photograph)¦ 3¦(television)¦ 4¦(description/idea)¦ 5¦(situation)¦ 6¦(mental image)¦ 7 put/keep somebody in the picture 8 get the picture 9 out of the picture … Dictionary of contemporary English
picture*/*/*/ — [ˈpɪktʃə] noun I 1) [C] a drawing, painting, or photograph I ll stand over here, and you can take the picture (= make a photograph with a camera).[/ex] a picture of the house where I was born[/ex] She asked children to draw pictures of their… … Dictionary for writing and speaking English
picture — [[t]pɪ̱ktʃə(r)[/t]] ♦♦ pictures, picturing, pictured 1) N COUNT A picture consists of lines and shapes which are drawn, painted, or printed on a surface and show a person, thing, or scene. A picture of Rory O Moore hangs in the dining room at… … English dictionary
picture — 1 noun 1 IMAGE (C) a painting, drawing, or photograph: A picture of a waterfall hung on the wall. | Get the children to draw a picture of their dream house. | Gary got his picture in the papers. 2 SITUATION (singular) the general situation in a… … Longman dictionary of contemporary English
Something Big — Infobox Film | name = Something Big caption = director = Andrew V. McLaglen producer = James Lee Barrett Andrew V. McLaglen writer = James Lee Barrett starring =Dean Martin Brian Keith Carol White Honor Blackman Ben Johnson music = Burt Bacharach … Wikipedia
get the picture — verb get the meaning of something (Freq. 1) Do you comprehend the meaning of this letter? • Syn: ↑grok, ↑comprehend, ↑savvy, ↑dig, ↑grasp, ↑compass, ↑apprehend … Useful english dictionary
build (up) a picture of — phrase to gradually develop an idea of what someone or something is like We need to build up a picture of the community’s needs. Thesaurus: to form an opinion, or to have an ideasynonym Main entry: build … Useful english dictionary
motion picture — motion picture, adj. 1. a sequence of consecutive pictures of objects photographed in motion by a specially designed camera (motion picture camera) and thrown on a screen by a projector (motion picture projector) in such rapid succession as to… … Universalium
put someone in the picture — INFORM, fill in, explain the situation/circumstances to, bring up to date, update, brief, keep posted; informal clue in, bring up to speed. → picture * * * put someone in the picture british informal phrase to give someone the information that… … Useful english dictionary
