photograph

Definition

  • noun: a picture made by a camera
  • noun: a picture or likeness obtained by 'photography'
  • verb: to take a photograph of (someone or something)
  • verb: to take a photograph of
  • synonyms: photo, print, catch

Examples

  • The man's 'photograph' was on the front page of the paper. = A 'photograph' of the man was on the front page of the paper.

  • The exhibit included videos as well as 'still photographs'. [=ordinary photographs that are not videos, movies, etc.]

  • He 'photographs' well. [=he looks good in photographs; he is photogenic]

Movie quotes

  • (..) Asah! No! Plesse don't cut! Don't! The man who took my thumbs? l found him eventually. l killed him. The man who took my photograph? l found him too. That took me a year. He's dead. Another man showed the Germans... a way to get their spies into Cairo. l've been looking for him. (..)
    1996 The English Patient