Painting PA'INTING, ppr. Representing in colors; laying on colors.
PA'INTING, n. The art of forming figures or resembling objects in colors on canvas or other material, or the art of representing to the eye by means of figures and colors, any object of sight, and sometimes the emotions of the mind.
1. A picture; a likeness or resemblance in colors.
2. Colors laid on.

painting n 1: graphic art consisting of an artistic composition made by applying paints to a surface; "a small painting by Picasso"; "he bought the painting as an investment"; "his pictures hang in the Louvre" [syn: painting, picture] 2: creating a picture with paints; "he studied painting and sculpture for many years" 3: the act of applying paint to a surface; "you can finish the job of painting faster with a roller than with a brush" 4: the occupation of a house painter; "house painting was the only craft he knew" [syn: painting, house painting]

painting - rudofa

painting noun Date: 13th century 1. a product of painting; especially a work produced through the art of painting 2. the art or occupation of painting

painting
n.
1 the process or art of using paint.
2 a painted picture.

painting (paintings) Frequency: The word is one of the 1500 most common words in English. 1. A painting is a picture which someone has painted. ...a large oil-painting of Queen Victoria. N-COUNT 2. Painting is the activity of painting pictures. ...two hobbies she really enjoyed, painting and gardening. N-UNCOUNT 3. Painting is the activity of painting doors, walls, and some other parts of buildings. ...painting and decorating. N-UNCOUNT

painting ˈpeɪntɪŋ n. 1 the process or art of using paint. 2 a painted picture.

PAINTING The glowing portraits, fresh from life, that bring Home to our hearts the truth from which they spring. Monody on the Death of the Rt. Hon. R.B. Sheridan. LORD BYRON. Hard features every bungler can command: To draw true beauty shows a master's hand. To Mr. Lee, on his Alexander. J. DRYDEN. A flattering painter, who made it his care To draw men as they ought to be, not as they are. Retaliation. O. GOLDSMITH. Lely on animated canvas stole The sleepy eye, that spoke the melting soul. Horace, Bk. II. Epistle I. A. POPE. I will say of it, It tutors nature: artificial strife Lives in these touches, livelier than life. Timon of Athens, Act i. Sc. 1. SHAKESPEARE. With hue like that when some great painter dips His pencil in the gloom of earthquake and eclipse. The Revolt of Islam. P.B. SHELLEY.

Paint \Paint\ (p[=a]nt), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Painted; p. pr. & vb. n. Painting.] [OE. peinten, fr. F. peint, p. p. of peindre to paint, fr. L. pingere, pictum; cf. Gr. poiki`los many-colored, Skr. pi[,c] to adorn. Cf. Depict, Picture, Pigment, Pint.] 1. To cover with coloring matter; to apply paint to; as, to paint a house, a signboard, etc. Jezebel painted her face and tired her head. --2 Kings ix. 30. 2. Fig.: To color, stain, or tinge; to adorn or beautify with colors; to diversify with colors. Not painted with the crimson spots of blood. --Shak. Cuckoo buds of yellow hue Do paint the meadows with delight. --Shak. 3. To form in colors a figure or likeness of on a flat surface, as upon canvas; to represent by means of colors or hues; to exhibit in a tinted image; to portray with paints; as, to paint a portrait or a landscape. 4. Fig.: To represent or exhibit to the mind; to describe vividly; to delineate; to image; to depict. Disloyal? The word is too good to paint out her wickedness. --Shak. If folly grow romantic, I must paint it. --Pope. Syn: To color; picture; depict; portray; delineate; sketch; draw; describe.

Painting \Paint"ing\, n. 1. The act or employment of laying on, or adorning with, paints or colors. 2. (Fine Arts) The work of the painter; also, any work of art in which objects are represented in color on a flat surface; a colored representation of any object or scene; a picture. 3. Color laid on; paint. [R.] --Shak. 4. A depicting by words; vivid representation in words. Syn: See Picture.

PAINTING pan'-ting. See CRAFTS, II, 12.

painting n. 1. Coloring. 2. Picture (in colors).

52 Moby Thesaurus words for "painting": acrylic painting, aquarelle, calcimining, canvas, coating, coloring, covering, drawing, easel-picture, enameling, encaustic cerography, encaustic painting, finger painting, flower painting, fresco, fresco painting, genre painting, gilding, glazing, glossing, gouache, graphic artist, graphic arts, graphics, grisaille, illumination, illustration, impasto, japanning, monochrome, mural painting, oil, oil painting, photography, picturization, portraiture, poster painting, priming, printing, printmaking, relief-carving, shellacking, staining, stippling, tempera, the brush, undercoating, varnishing, wash, wash drawing, water, whitewashing

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