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Definitions for painting:

The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :
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. [1913 Webster] Jezebel painted her face and tired her head. --2 Kings ix. 30. [1913 Webster] 2. Fig.: To color, stain, or tinge; to adorn or beautify with colors; to diversify with colors. [1913 Webster] Not painted with the crimson spots of blood. --Shak. [1913 Webster] Cuckoo buds of yellow hue Do paint the meadows with delight. --Shak. [1913 Webster] 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. [1913 Webster] 4. Fig.: To represent or exhibit to the mind; to describe vividly; to delineate; to image; to depict; as, to paint a political opponent as a traitor. [1913 Webster] Disloyal? The word is too good to paint out her wickedness. --Shak. [1913 Webster] If folly grow romantic, I must paint it. --Pope. [1913 Webster] Syn: To color; picture; depict; portray; delineate; sketch; draw; describe. [1913 Webster]

The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :
Painting \Paint"ing\, n. 1. The act or employment of laying on, or adorning with, paints or colors. [1913 Webster] 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. [1913 Webster] 3. Color laid on; paint. [R.] --Shak. [1913 Webster] 4. A depicting by words; vivid representation in words. [1913 Webster] Syn: See Picture. [1913 Webster]

WordNet (r) 2.0 :
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: 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: house painting]

Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 :
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

THE DEVIL'S DICTIONARY ((C)1911 Released April 15 1993) :
PAINTING, n. The art of protecting flat surfaces from the weather and exposing them to the critic. Formerly, painting and sculpture were combined in the same work: the ancients painted their statues. The only present alliance between the two arts is that the modern painter chisels his patrons.

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