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. |
| 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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Dog Definition–noun | 1. | a domesticated canid, Canis familiaris, bred in many varieties. |
| 2. | any carnivore of the dogfamily Canidae, having prominent canine teeth and, in the wild state, a long and slender muzzle, a deep-chested musc
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ular body, a bushy tail, and large, erect ears. Compare canid. |
| 3. | the male of such an animal. |
| 4. | any of various animals resembling a dog. |
| 5. | a despicable man or youth. |
| 6. | Informal. a fellow in general: a lucky dog. |
| 8. | Slang. | a. | something worthless or of extremely poor quality: That used car you bought is a dog. |
| b. | an utter failure; flop: Critics say his new play is a dog. |
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| 9. | Slang. an ugly, boring, or crude person. |
| 11. | (initial capital letter ) Astronomy. either of two constellations, Canis Major or Canis Minor. |
| 12. | Machinery. | a. | any of various mechanical devices, as for gripping or holding something. |
| b. | a projection on a moving part for moving steadily or for tripping another part with which it engages. |
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| 13. | Also called gripper, nipper. Metalworking. a device on a drawbench for drawing the work through the die. |
| 14. | a cramp binding together two timbers. |
| 15. | an iron bar driven into a stone or timber to provide a means of lifting it. |
| 17. | Meteorology. a sundog or fogdog. |
| 18. | a word formerly used in communications to represent the letter D. |
–verb (used with object) | 19. | to follow or track like a dog, esp. with hostile intent; hound. |
| 20. | to drive or chase with a dog or dogs. |
| 21. | Machinery. to fasten with dogs. |
—Idioms| 22. | dog it, Informal. | a. | to shirk one's responsibility; loaf on the job. |
| b. | to retreat, flee, renege, etc.: a sponsor who dogged it when needed most. |
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| 23. | go to the dogs, Informal. to deteriorate; degenerate morally or physically: This neighborhood is going to the dogs. |
| 24. | lead a dog's life, to have an unhappy or harassed existence: He maintained that he led a dog's life in the army. |
| 25. | let sleeping dogs lie, to refrain from action that would alter an existing situation for fear of causing greater problems or complexities. |
| 26. | put on the dog, Informal. to assume an attitude of wealth or importance; put on airs. |
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