Word Frequency
painting (ˈpeɪntɪŋ
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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
Derived Forms
ˈpainty adjectiveWord Origin
C13: from Old French peint painted, from peindre to paint, from Latin pingere to paint, adornQuotations including 'painting'
"And those who paint 'em truest praise 'em most"
"Every time I paint a portrait I lose a friend"
Translations for 'painting'
- British English: painting A painting is a picture which someone has painted....a large painting of a horse.ˈpeɪntɪŋ NOUN
- Arabic: لَوْحَةٌ
- Brazilian Portuguese: quadro
- Chinese: 绘画
- Croatian: slika
- Czech: malba
- Danish: maleri
- Dutch: schilderij
- European Spanish: cuadro
- Finnish: maalaus
- French: tableaupeintre
- German: Gemälde Gemälde
- Greek: πίνακαςζωγραφική
- Italian: dipinto
- Japanese: 絵画
- Korean: 그림
- Norwegian: maleri
- Polish: malarstwo
- Portuguese: quadro
- Romanian: tablou tablouri
- Russian: живопись
- Spanish: cuadro
- Swedish: målning
- Thai: ภาพวาด
- Turkish: resim
- Ukrainian: картина
- Vietnamese: bức hoạ
Example Sentences Including 'painting'
A flash in my peripheral vision made me look toward a painting on the opposite wall.THE VIRGIN BLUE (2002)
Bagado called from a back room which contained all Kershaw's painting gear.INSTRUMENTS OF DARKNESS (2002)
But in 1954 he moved to Donegal where he specialised in landscape painting , creating evocative works for 30 years from Tory Island.Irish Times (2002)
Dama's garden was full of people painting his cane furniture.INSTRUMENTS OF DARKNESS (2002)
For the same reason he shied from painting portraits -'his genius was not for the specific,' says Hedley.Country Life (2005)
He doesn't want us to know exactly how much he misses that painting.SOMEBODY (2002)
The thought of even a little light painting is enough to make them hurry on to the next estate agent's window.Glasgow Herald (2001)
UNDER THE HAMMER: Local artist Louise Annand presents Professor Malcolm McLeod of Glasgow University with her painting , Sunset Moon.Glasgow Herald (2001)
Woolf and her compatriots were too busy reading and writing books and painting to notice that the furniture was in tatters.Globe and Mail (2003)
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