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7 : a mental image

Synonyms

[1] illustration, image, likeness; also delineation, depiction, representation; portrait; drawing, finger painting; etching, silhouette, sketch, watercolor; caricature, cartoon, doodle; photograph, collage, montage; hieroglyphic, ideogram

[2] delineation, depiction, description, portrait, portrayal, sketch—more at DESCRIPTION

[7] concept, idea, image, impression, notion, thought—more at IDEA

2picture verb pic·tured; pic·tur·ing 1 : to paint or draw a picture of

2 : to describe vividly in words

3 : to form a mental image of

Synonyms

[1] depict, image, portray, represent; also delineate, describe, render; outline, sketch; illustrate, show; caricature

[2] delineate, depict, describe, draw, image, paint, portray, sketch—more at DESCRIBE

[3] conceive, dream, envisage, fancy, imagine, vision, visualize—more at IMAGINE

pic·tur·esque adjective 1 : resembling a picture

2 : CHARMING, QUAINT

3 : evoking mental images : GRAPHIC, VIVID

— pic·tur·esque·ness noun

picture tube noun : a cathode-ray tube on which the picture in a television set appears

pid·dle verb pid·dled; pid·dling : to act or work idly : DAWDLE

pid·dling adjective : of little worth or importance : TRIVIAL, PALTRY

pid·dly adjective : TRIVIAL, PIDDLING

pid·gin noun [ORIGIN: fr. pidgin English, fr. Chinese Pidgin English pidgin business]

: a simplified speech used for communication between people with different languages

pie noun : a dish consisting of a pastry crust and a filling (as of fruit or meat)

1piebald adjective : of different colors; especially : blotched with white and black

Synonyms

dappled, mottled, pied, spotted—more at PIED

2piebald noun : a piebald animal

1piece noun 1 : a part of a whole : FRAGMENT

2 : one of a group, set, or mass; also : a single item

3 : a length, weight, or size in which something is made or sold

4 : a product (as an essay) of creative work

5 : a weapon from which a shot is discharged by gunpowder : FIREARM

6 : COIN

7 : a literary, journalistic, artistic, dramatic, or musical composition

Synonyms

[1] bit, fragment, scrap—more at FRAGMENT

[7] composition, opus, work—more at COMPOSITION

2piece verb pieced; piec·ing 1 : to repair or complete by adding pieces : PATCH

2 : to join into a whole

Synonyms

assemble, build, construct, erect, fabricate, make, make up, put up, raise, rear, set up—more at BUILD

pièce de ré·sis·tance noun, plural pièces de ré·sis·tance [ORIGIN: F]

1 : the chief dish of a meal

2 : an outstanding item

piece·meal adverb or adjective : one piece at a time : GRADUALLY

piece·work noun : work done and paid for by the piece

— piece·work·er noun

pie chart noun : a circular chart that shows quantities or frequencies by parts of a circle shaped like pieces of pie

pied adjective : of two or more colors in blotches

Synonyms

dappled, mottled, piebald, spotted; also shaded; checkered, motley, multicolored, varicolored, variegated; blotted, brindled, streaked; colored, colorful; dotted, peppered, sprinkled; stippled; discolored, dyed, marked, stained; flecked, streaked; bespattered, spattered

pied–à–terre noun, plural pieds–à–terre [ORIGIN: F, lit., foot to the ground]

: a temporary or second lodging

pier noun 1 : a support for a bridge span

2 : a structure built out into the water for use as a landing place or a promenade or to protect or form a harbor

3 : an upright supporting part (as a pillar) of a building or structure

Synonyms

[2] dock, float, jetty, landing, levee, quay, wharf—more at DOCK

[3] column, pillar, post, stanchion—more at PILLAR

pierce verb pierced; pierc·ing 1 : to enter or thrust into sharply or painfully : STAB

2 : to make a hole in or through : PERFORATE

3 : to force or make a way into or through : PENETRATE

4 : to see through : DISCERN

Synonyms

[1] gore, harpoon, impale, lance, puncture, skewer, spear, spike, stab, stick, transfix