Butterfly Definition–noun | 1. | any of numerous diurnal insects of the order Lepidoptera, characterized by clubbed antennae, a slender body, and large, broad, often conspicuously marked wings. |
| 2. | a person who flits aimlessly from one interest or group to another: a social butterfly. |
| 3. | butterflies, (used with a plural verb ) Informal. a queasy feeling, as from nervousness, excitement, etc. |
| 4. | a racing breaststroke, using a dolphin kick, in which the swi
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| 6. | Sculpture. an X-shaped support attached to an armature. |
| 7. | one of the swinging brackets of a butterfly table. |
| 8. | Movies. a screen of scrim, gauze, or similar material, for diffusing light. |
–verb (used with object) | 9. | Cookery. to slit open and spread apart to resemble the spread wings of a butterfly. |
–adjective Also, butterflied. | 10. | Cookery. split open and spread apart to resemble a butterfly: butterfly shrimp; butterfly st
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Picture Definition–noun | 1. | a visual representation of a person, object, or scene, as a painting, drawing, photograph, etc.: I carry a picture of my grandchild in my wallet. |
| 2. | any visible image, however produced: pictures reflected in a pool of water. |
| 3. | a mental image: a clear picture of how he had looked that day. |
| 4. | a particular image or reality as portrayed in an account or description; depiction; version. |
| 5. | a tableau, as in theatrical representation. |
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| 8. | a person, thing, group, or scene regarded as resembling a work of pictorial art in beauty, fineness of appearance, etc.: She was a picture in her new blue dress. |
| 9. | the image or perfect likeness of someone else: He is the picture of his father. |
| 10. | a visible or concrete embodiment of some quality or condition: the picture of health. |
| 11. | a situation or set of circumstances: the economic picture. |
| 12. | the image on a computer monitor, the viewing screen of a television set, or a motion-picture screen. |
–verb (used with object) | 13. | to represent in a picture or pictorially, as by painting or drawing. |
| 14. | to form a mental picture of; imagine: He couldn't picture himself doing such a thing. |
| 15. | to depict in words; describe graphically: He pictured Rome so vividly that you half-believed you were there. |
| 16. | to present or create as a setting; portray: His book pictured the world of the future. |
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