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images are amazingly pictorial. 2 illustrated: They published
a pictorial history of biblical lands just for children.
picture n. 1 drawing, painting, representation, portrait, depiction,
artwork, illustration, sketch, photograph: Here is a picture of
our cottage in the Cotswolds. 2 image, (perfect or exact)
likeness, (carbon) copy, double, duplicate, twin, (exact)
replica, look-alike, facsimile, Colloq spitting image or spit
and image, Slang (dead) ringer: Isn't she just the picture of
her mother? 3 impression, idea, notion, understanding, image:
I think I have a pretty good picture of the situation. 4 model,
prototype, epitome, essence, embodiment, incarnation,
personification, perfect example: From her autobiography, you
might believe her to be the picture of sweet innocence. 5 put
(someone) in or into the picture. inform or advise fully, Colloq
fill (someone) in: Put me into the picture about what went on
here last night.
--v. 6 envision, envisage, visualize, imagine, fancy, conceive
of, see in the mind's eye: Picture yourself lying on a beach in
the Bahamas. 7 depict, draw, portray, paint, represent, show,
illustrate, display: In this fresco, Salome is pictured dancing
before Herod Antipas.
picturesque
adj. 1 colourful, interesting, intriguing, unusual, unique,
original, charming, idyllic, fetching, attractive, pretty,
lovely, quaint, delightful, pleasing, scenic: We came upon a
picturesque village in which all the houses were half-timbered
Tudor style with thatched roofs. 2 colourful, graphic,
realistic, vivid, striking: Bernard has written a picturesque
account of a walking trip through Bavaria.
piece n. 1 bit, morsel, scrap, chunk, hunk, sliver, lump, portion,
particle, fragment, shred, shard or sherd, remnant, quantity:
All the beggar wanted was a piece of bread. A piece of shrapnel
is still embedded in my arm. 2 wedge, slice, serving, helping,
portion: You may not have a piece of pie till you've eaten your
vegetables. 3 share, portion, fraction, part, division,
segment, section, interest, holding, percentage, proportion: It
turned out that a piece of the company had been sold without
shareholders' approval. 4 (short) story, article, essay, report,
theme, draft; poem; music, opus, (musical) number, composition,