painting (ˈpeɪntɪŋ
)
Definitions
noun
- the art or process of applying paints to a surface such as canvas, to make a picture or other artistic composition
- a composition or picture made in this way
- the act of applying paint to a surface with a brush
Synonyms
View thesaurus entrypaint (peɪnt)
Definitions
noun
- a substance used for decorating or protecting a surface, esp a mixture consisting of a solid pigment suspended in a liquid, that when applied to a surface dries to form a hard coating
- a dry film of paint on a surface
- the solid pigment of a paint before it is suspended in liquid
- informal face make-up, such as rouge
- short for greasepaint
verb
- to make (a picture) of (a figure, landscape, etc) with paint applied to a surface such as canvas
- to coat (a surface) with paint, as in decorating
- (tr) to apply (liquid) onto (a surface) ⇒
her mother painted the cut with antiseptic
- (tr) to apply make-up onto (the face, lips, etc)
- (tr) to describe vividly in words
- See paint the town red
Alternative Forms
ˈpainty adjectiveWord Origin
C13: from Old French peint painted, from peindre to paint, from Latin pingere to paint, adornQuotations
"And those who paint 'em truest praise 'em most"
"Every time I paint a portrait I lose a friend"
Translations
- British English:
painting
A painting is a picture which someone has painted....a large painting of a horse.ˈpeɪntɪŋ NOUN ...a large painting of a horse.
- Spanish:
cuadro
nm
- French:
tableau
nm
- German:
Gemälde
nnt Gemälde
- Chinese: 绘画 n
- Arabic: لَوْحَةٌ n
- Portuguese: pintura nf
- Russian: живопись nf
- Croatian: slika nf
- Czech: malování nnt
- Danish: maleri nnt
- Dutch: schilderij nf
- Finnish: maalaus n
- Greek: πίνακας n
- Italian: dipinto nm
- Japanese: 絵画 n
- Korean: 그림 n
- Norwegian: maleri nnt
- Polish: malarstwo nnt
- Brazilian Portuguese: quadro nm
- European Spanish:
cuadro
nm
- Swedish: målning nutr
- Thai: ภาพวาด n
- Turkish: resim n
- Vietnamese: bức hoạ n
Usage examples
I suspect Bas ' first move will be to steal the painting back.
, SOMEBODY (2002)For the same reason he shied from painting portraits -'his genius was not for the specific,' says Hedley.
Country Life (2004)Pigment on a brush would tend to become part of the painting in a way that the marks applied by the sticks do not.
Irish Times (2002)The painting is a striking double portrait commemorating a very unusual tale.
Glasgow Herald (2001)To the Abstract Expressionist, the process of painting is more valued than the product, the finished painting.
, DE NIRO: A Biography (2002)