pictured

1. 1
   verb

   Simple past and past participle of picture.

   The committee pictured a very different outcome when the project began.

   The final design was pictured in early sketches long before construction started.

   Note

   One regular -ed spelling does two jobs: the simple past (she pictured the scene) and the participle after have or be (it had been pictured, it was pictured). Because picture is transitive, the verb always needs an object or a passive subject. Context decides whether something was drawn, imagined or vividly described. A committee that pictured an outcome imagined it, while a design pictured in sketches was drawn.

2. 2
   adjective

   Represented by a picture; shown in the accompanying image.

   The pictured artifact dates back several thousand years, according to the museum label.

   Cooks should measure each pictured ingredient before they begin.

   Similarillustrated

3. 3
   adjective

   Furnished with pictures; hung or fitted throughout with images.

   The heavily pictured gallery displayed portraits spanning three different centuries.

   Guests wandered the pictured halls, pausing before each framed scene.

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