Hawaii Definition–noun | 1. | a state of the United States comprising the N Pacific islands of Hawaii, Kahoolawe, Kauai, Lanai, Maui, Molokai, Niihau, and Oahu: a U.S. territory 1900–59; admitted to the Union 1959. 965,000; 6424 sq. mi. (16,715 sq. km). Capital: Honolulu. Abbreviation: HI (for use with zip code), Haw. | | 2. | the largest island of Hawaii, in the SE part. 63,468; 4021 sq. mi. (10,415 sq. km). | |
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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. | | 7. | pictures, Informal: Older Use. movies. | | 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. |
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| 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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