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photograph


2photograph

verb

Definition of PHOTOGRAPH

transitive verb
: to take a photograph of
intransitive verb
1
: to take a photograph
2
: to appear as an image in a photograph <an actress who photographs well>

Examples of PHOTOGRAPH

  1. He photographed the women sitting on the bench.
  2. She was photographed in the studio.

First Known Use of PHOTOGRAPH

1839

Related to PHOTOGRAPH

Other Pictures (on film) Terms

daguerreotype, emulsion, fill, sepia, still, stop

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