image (
http://definr.com/image)
n 1: an iconic mental representation; "her imagination forced
images upon her too awful to contemplate" [syn: {mental
image}]
2: a visual representation of an object or scene or person
produced on a surface; "they showed us the pictures of
their wedding"; "a movie is a series of images projected
so rapidly that the eye integrates them" [syn:
picture,
icon,
ikon]
3: (Jungian psychology) a personal facade one presents to the
world; "a public image is as fragile as Humpty Dumpty"
[syn:
persona]
4: a standard or typical example; "he is the prototype of good
breeding"; "he provided America with an image of the good
father" [syn:
prototype,
paradigm,
epitome]
5: language used in a figurative or nonliteral sense [syn:
trope,
figure of speech,
figure]
6: someone who closely resembles a famous person (especially an
actor); "he could be Gingrich's double"; "she's the very
image of her mother" [syn:
double,
look-alike]
7: a representation of a person (especially in the form of
sculpture); "the coin bears an effigy of Lincoln"; "the
emperor's tomb had his image carved in stone" [syn:
effigy,
simulacrum]
v : imagine; conceive of; see in one's mind; "I can't see him on
horseback!" "I can see what will happen"; "I can see a
risk in this strategy" [syn:
visualize,
envision,
project,
fancy,
see,
figure,
picture]