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word picture

noun

  1. a description in words, especially one that is unusually vivid:

    She drew a word picture of a South Pacific sunset.



word picture

noun

  1. a verbal description, esp a vivid one
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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yvlog History and Origins

Origin of word picture1

First recorded in 1855–60
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Whether it’s a sex scene or a mystical landscape or a well-fitted suit, Legrand is a polished painter of word pictures.

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For a combined century – 33 years for Barber and 67 for Scully – the two blessed baseball fans with some of the sharpest word pictures ever painted of the grand old game.

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I vividly remember Noseda using “imagined dialogue” to paint a word picture of the mood he wanted conveyed by our singing.

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The words came out easy and full of feeling, a word picture of a gratitude for a career well-spent.

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Let me paint a word picture for you.

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