photograph

Meanings

1. 1
   verb

   record on photographic film

   I photographed the scene of the accident

2. 2
   verb

   undergo being photographed in a certain way

   Children photograph well

3. 3
   noun

   A picture created by projecting an image onto a photosensitive surface such as a chemically treated plate or film, CCD receptor, etc.

   The hundredodd pages of photographs provide superb iconography of artistic collaboration and its rewards.

4. 4
   verb

   To take a photograph (of).

   He makes his pen drawing on white paper, and they are afterwards photographed on wood.

5. 5
   verb

   To fix permanently in the memory etc.

   He is photographed on my mind.

6. 6
   verb

   To appear in a photograph.

   She photographs well. The camera loves her.

7. 7
   noun

   a representation of a person or scene in the form of a print or transparent slide

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *bʰeh₂- Proto-Indo-European *bʰéh₂os Proto-Hellenic *pʰáwos Ancient Greek φᾰ́ος (phắos) Ancient Greek φῶς (phôs) Ancient Greek φωτο- (phōto-)der. English photo- Proto-Indo-European *gerbʰ- Proto-Hellenic *grə́pʰō Ancient Greek γράφω (gráphō) Ancient Greek -γρᾰ́φος (-grắphos)der. English -graph English photograph From photo- + -graph.