Hyphenation of picture

Wondering how to hyphenate the English word picture? This word can be hyphenated and contains 2 syllables as shown below.

pic-ture

Definitions of picture:

1.
A visual representation (of an object or scene or person or abstraction) produced on a surface
They showed us the pictures of their wedding A movie is a series of images projected so rapidly that the eye integrates them
2.
Graphic art consisting of an artistic composition made by applying paints to a surface
A small painting by Picasso He bought the painting as an investment His pictures hang in the Louvre
3.
A clear and telling mental image
He described his mental picture of his assailant He had no clear picture of himself or his world The events left a permanent impression in his mind
4.
A situation treated as an observable object
The political picture is favorable The religious scene in England has changed in the last century
5.
Illustrations used to decorate or explain a text
The dictionary had many pictures
6.
A form of entertainment that enacts a story by sound and a sequence of images giving the illusion of continuous movement
They went to a movie every Saturday night The film was shot on location
7.
The visible part of a television transmission
They could still receive the sound but the picture was gone
8.
A graphic or vivid verbal description
Too often the narrative was interrupted by long word pictures The author gives a depressing picture of life in Poland The pamphlet contained brief characterizations of famous Vermonters
9.
A typical example of some state or quality
The very picture of a modern general She was the picture of despair
10.
A representation of a person or scene in the form of a print or transparent slide
Recorded by a camera on light-sensitive material
11.
Imagine
Conceive of See in one's mind I can't see him on horseback! I can see what will happen I can see a risk in this strategy
12.
Show in, or as in, a picture
This scene depicts country life The face of the child is rendered with much tenderness in this painting

Synonyms of picture:

noun image, icon, ikon, representation
noun painting, graphic art
nounmental picture, impression, image, mental image
noun scene, situation, state of affairs
nounpictorial matter, illustration
noun movie, film, moving picture, moving-picture show, motion picture, motion-picture show, picture show, pic, flick, show
noun video, visual communication
nounword picture, word-painting, delineation, depiction, characterization, characterisation, description, verbal description
noun typification, exemplification
verb visualize, visualise, envision, project, fancy, see, figure, image, imagine, conceive of, ideate, envisage
verb depict, render, show, represent, interpret

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