This word entry shows how to sign "picture" and other related words in American Sign Language.
Also "image".
Meaning: A visual representation of a person, object, or scene, as a painting, drawing, photograph, etc.
Pronunciation (sign description): Dominant "C" hand with the forefinger in contact with the side of the eye, while holding the non-dominant upright flat hand with its palm facing right, moves toward the non-dominant palm.
Related signs/words: BLUEPRINT, IMAGE, ILLUSTRATION, PHOTOGRAPH, PORTRAIT, DRAWING, PAINTING, FREEZE FRAME, PRINT.
To take a picture, photographer uses a CAMERA to capture a moment of life.
take a picture: to make a photograph, to create an image with a camera.
Meaning: To make a picture of something.
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