pictureEnglishNoun( en noun) A representation of anything (as a person, a landscape, a building) upon canvas, paper, or other surface, by drawing, painting, printing, photography, etc.**:Orion hit a rabbit once; but though sore wounded it got to the bury, and, struggling in, the arrow caught the side of the hole and was drawn out.. Ikey the blacksmith had forged us a spearhead after a sketch from a picture of a Greek warrior; and a rake-handle served as a shaft.*{{quote-magazine, date=2012-03, author= , volume=100, issue=2, page=106, magazine=( w) , title= Pixels or Perish , passage=Drawings and pictures are more than mere ornaments in scientific discourse. Blackboard sketches, geological maps, diagrams of molecular structure, astronomical photographs, MRI images, the many varieties of statistical charts and graphs: These pictorial devices are indispensable tools for presenting evidence, for explaining a theory, for telling a story.}} An image; a representation as in the imagination.*(Samuel Taylor Coleridge) (1772-1834)*:My eyes make pictures when they are shut.**:So this was my future home, I thought! Certainly it made a brave picture . I had seen similar ones fired-in on many a Heidelberg stein. Backed by towering hills,a sky of palest Gobelin flecked with fat, fleecy little clouds, it in truth looked a dear little city; the city of one's dreams.*2007 , The Workers' Republic*:Prior to seeing him and meeting him, and hearing him speak, I had conjured up a picture' of him in my mind, which actual contact with him proved to be an illusion. I had conceived of him.A painting.:*{{quote-book, year=1963, author=(Margery Allingham), title=(The China Governess), chapter=3 citation , passage=Here the stripped panelling was warmly gold and the pictures , mostly of the English school, were mellow and gentle in the afternoon light.}}A photograph.:(label) A motion picture.:("the pictures") Cinema (as a form of entertainment).:A paragon, a perfect example or specimen (of a category).:The art of painting; representation by painting.*Sir (Henry Wotton) (1568-1639)*:any well-expressed imageeither in picture or sculptureA figure; a model.*(James Howell) (c.1594–1666)*:the young king's picture in virgin waxSynonyms* (representation as in the imagination) imageDerived terms* out of the picture * picture-perfect * picture postcard * (as) pretty as a picture * the big picture * picturesque * picture framingVerb(pictur)To represent in or with a picture.***To imagine or envision.* 1967 , ,- Picture yourself on a boat on a river / With tangerine trees and marmalade skies,
To depict.***Related terms* depict * depiction * pictorialStatistics*See also*External links* *Noun(f) | modelAlternative forms* modellNoun( en noun) A person who serves as a subject for artwork or fashion, usually in the medium of photography but also for painting or drawing. A person, usually an attractive female, hired to show items or goods to the public, such as items given away as prizes on a TV game show.A representation of a physical object, usually in miniature. * Shakespeare- I had my father's signet in my purse, / Which was the model of that Danish seal.
* Addison- You have the models of several ancient temples, though the temples and the gods are perished.
A simplified representation used to explain the workings of a real world system or event. A style, type, or design. The structural design of a complex system. A successful example to be copied, with or without modifications.- He was a model of eloquence and virtue.
* {{quote-magazine, date=2013-06-22, volume=407, issue=8841, page=70, magazine=(The Economist), title= Engineers of a different kind , passage=Private-equity nabobs bristle at being dubbed mere financiers. (logic) An interpretation function which assigns a truth value to each atomic proposition.(logic) An interpretation which makes a certain sentence true, in which case that interpretation is called a model of that sentence.A particular style, design, or make of a particular product. (manufacturing) An identifier of a product given by its manufacturer (also called model number).Any copy, or resemblance, more or less exact.* Shakespeare- Thou seest thy wretched brother die, / Who was the model of thy father's life.
Synonyms* See alsoDerived terms* abstract model * animal model * arbitrage pricing model * business model * causal model * commercial model * computer model * conceptual model * data model * database model * Document Object Model * economy model * enterprise architecture model * entity-relationship model * fashion model * fetish model * fitness model * glamour model * information model * late model * mark to model * mathematical model * mental model * model aircraft * model checking * model organism * model solution * model theory * modelizer * modelly * multimodel * off-model * plamodel * production model * relational model * role model * runway model * scale model * scientific model * spokesmodel * supermodel * waterfall model * water-line model * view modelRelated terms* mode * moduleAdjective( -) Worthy of being a model; exemplary.* (rfdate), Blackwood's Magazine , volume 289, page 525:- At our approach the animals made so much noise that the owners of the hut peered round the door to see what was the matter; outwardly rather less model than the farm, there appeared two ancient Basques, emblematically black-bereted, gnarled [...]
* 1898 , John Thorburn, The St. Andrew's Society of Ottawa: 1846-1897 : sketch , page 40:- [...] from the land of your origin, because you demand the claims of those who believe it more model than yours, [...]
* 1932 , Nora Fugger, James Austin Galaston (translator), The Glory of the Habsburgs: the Memoirs of Princess Fugger , page 35:- Methods of game-preservation in their extensive and well-stocked hunting-grounds were as model as the huntsmanlike management of the hunts.
* 1934 , Charles Ryle Fay, Imperial economy and its place in the formation of economic doctrine, 1600-1932 , page 143:- [...] and we press with special severity on one small country whose agriculture is as model as is her way of rural life.
* 1956 , Stephen Rynne, All Ireland , page 54:- True, it is an untidy county; the farmhouses are much more model' than the farms (when we reach Antrim we shall find that the farms are more ' model than the farmhouses).
* 1968 , American County Government , volume 33, page 19:- But not all the exchanges were as model as the sergeant. Some of the exchangees showed a rigidity and reluctance to adapt.
* 1999 , Michael D. Williams, Acquisition for the 21st century: the F-22 Development Program , page 113:- It is as model as you can get.
* 2002 , Uma Anand Segal, A framework for immigration: Asians in the United States , page 308:- While Asians have been perceived as the model minority, it is increasingly clear that some Asian groups are more model than are others, and even within these model groups, a division exists [...]
* 2010 , Eleanor Coppola, Notes on a Life , page 140:- All were neat and well kept which added to the sense that they were more model than real.
Synonyms* (worthy of being a model) idealVerbTo display for others to see, especially in regard to wearing clothing while performing the role of a fashion model.- She modelled the shoes for her friends to see.
To use as an object in the creation of a forecast or model.- They modelled the data with a computer to analyze the experiment’s results.
To make a miniature model of.- He takes great pride in his skill at modeling airplanes.
To create from a substance such as clay.- The sculptor modelled the clay into the form of a dolphin.
To make a or models.To be a model of any kind.- The actress used to model before being discovered by Hollywood.
Synonyms* modelise, US modelizeRelated terms* remodel * modeler |