photograph Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun a representation of a person or scene in the form of a print or transparent slide; recorded by a camera on light-sensitive material
    photo; pic; picture; exposure.
  2. verb record on photographic film
    snap; shoot.
    • I photographed the scene of the accident
    • She snapped a picture of the President
  3. verb undergo being photographed in a certain way
    • Children photograph well

WordNet


Pho"to*graph noun
Etymology
Photo- + -graph.
Definitions
  1. A picture or likeness obtained by photography.
Pho"to*graph transitive verb
Wordforms
imperfect & past participle Photographed ; present participle & verbal noun Photographing
Definitions
  1. 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.
    Also used figuratively.
    He is photographed on my mind. Lady D. Hardy.
Pho"to*graph intransitive verb
Definitions
  1. To practice photography; to take photographs.

Webster 1913