picnic, n. 1. outdoor meal, cookout, alfresco meal; barbecue, steak fry, clambake, fish fry, Inf. hotdog or wienie roast, Fr. dejeuner sur I'herbe; feast, Inf. spread, SI. feed; outdoor party, garden party, Fr. fete champ§tre; outing, excursion.
2. Informal,
a. celebration, revel, spree, wing-ding, carnival, Inf. hoopla; fun, funmaking, fun and games, good or pleasant time, Inf. high old time, time of one's life, Inf. action, SI. laughs, SI. ball, SI. blast,
b. child's play, All Inf. cinch, snap, pushover, setup, breeze, a piece of cake, duck soup.
-v. 3. eat outdoors, eat in the open air, dine alfresco, cook out, bring sandwiches, bring a lunch,
pictorial, adj. 1. illustrated, pictured, sketched, photographed, painted; diagrammatic, charted, delinea-tive, delineated.
2. vivid, striking, telling, picturesque, expressive, cogent; lucid, clear, crystal-clear, manifest, plain, obvious, unmistakable.
3. graphic, illustrative, representative; realistic, particular, detailed, distinct, well-defined, well-delineated, well-drawn, effective; realistic, explicit, express, specific, definite, precise.
-n. 4. illustrated magazine, photojournalistic publication, picture supplement, Sunday supplement, rotogravure; school annual, yearbook, Inf. rogues' gallery.
pictorialize, v. illustrate, depict, portray, show in pictures. See - picture (def. 8). picture, n. 1. likeness, semblance, similitude, icon, representation, simulacrum, portrait, depictment, depiction; artwork, painting, drawing, line drawing, black and white, pen and ink, oil painting, pastel, wa-tercolor, gouache, wash drawing, engraving, etching; realistic painting, impressionistic painting, surrealistic painting, cubist painting; illustration, sketch; photograph, Inf. photo, snapshot, Inf. snap, Inf. candid, Inf pin-up; tableau, Inf. black-out, Inf. still.
2. image, reflection, reflected image, shadow, silhouette.
3. description, portrayal, report, detail, recountal, recreation, reenactment, recital, recitation, Inf. rehash; narrative, relation, account; story, tale, history, chronicle, record, memoir, vignette.
4. film, movie, motion picture, moving picture, Dial. picture show. See - motion picture.
5. counterpart, replica, copy, duplicate, facsimile, faithful copy, reproduction; twin, living or very image; double, look-alike, carbon copy, match, exact match, perfect likeness, Inf. spit and image or spitting image, chip off the old block, SI. ringer, SI. dead ringer.
6. epitome, typification, archetype, prototype, model, example, perfect example; embodiment, living embodiment, living example, incarnation, corporeali-zation, incorporation, personification.
7. Usu.
the picture situation, state, the state of things, state of affairs, circumstances, the way things are; conditions, status quo, the times; background, reasons, causes, motives; factors, details, pros and cons, pluses and minuses, risks, contingencies, possibilities, options, predictions, possible outcome, Inf. war map; turn of events, course of events, explanation, commentary, version; plight, predicament, difficulty, dilemma.
-v. 8. draw, paint, sketch, depict, delineate, pictorialize; portray, illustrate, Archaic, limn, trace, reproduce; represent, show, exhibit, manifest, display; disclose, bring to view, put before [s.o.'s] eyes.
9. imagine, conceive of, envision, Inf. feature; visualize, hypothesize, theorize, conjecture, Inf dream up, fancy, call to mind, remember, summon up. Inf dredge up; fantasize, romanticize, give free rein to one's imagination, see in the mind's eye.