In the 16th century, Turkish women could divorce their husbands if the man failed to keep his family’s pot filled with coffee.
photograph, photo, exposure, picture, pic
(noun) a representation of a person or scene in the form of a print or transparent slide or in digital format
photograph, snap, shoot
(verb) record on photographic film; “I photographed the scene of the accident”; “She snapped a picture of the President”
photograph
(verb) undergo being photographed in a certain way; “Children photograph well”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
photograph (plural photographs)
A picture created by projecting an image onto a photosensitive surface such as a chemically treated plate or film, CCD receptor, etc.
photograph (third-person singular simple present photographs, present participle photographing, simple past and past participle photographed)
(transitive) To take a photograph of.
(transitive, figurative) To fix permanently in the memory etc.
(intransitive) To take photographs.
(intransitive) To appear in a photograph.
• phagotroph
Source: Wiktionary
Pho"to*graph, n. Etym: [Photo- + -graph.]
Definition: A picture or likeness obtained by photography.
Pho"to*graph, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Photographed; p. pr. & vb. n. Photographing.]
Definition: To take a picture or likeness of by means of photography; as, to photograph a view; to photograph a group. He makes his pen drawing on white paper, and they are afterwards photographed on wood. Hamerton.
Note: Also used figuratively. He is photographed on my mind. Lady D. Hardy.
Pho"to*graph, v. i.
Definition: To practice photography; to take photographs.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
12 December 2024
(noun) contraceptive device consisting of a sheath of thin rubber or latex that is worn over the penis during intercourse
In the 16th century, Turkish women could divorce their husbands if the man failed to keep his family’s pot filled with coffee.