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/pˈeɪntɪŋ/ /pˈeɪnɪŋ/ Listen

noun

Painting n.

The act or employment of laying on, or adorning with, paints or colors.

(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.

Color laid on; paint. (R.)

A depicting by words; vivid representation in words.

Synonyms: See Picture.

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Etymology of 'Painting'

Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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"Painting" Quotes from Famous Books

... of artistic instincts, and as a youth, fond of drawing and painting. His parents had been Quakers of a rather severe sort and had discouraged all such artistic efforts. Little Edward seems to have inherited his father's artistic gifts, added to ...

— The World's Great Men of Music - Story-Lives of Master Musicians • Harriette Brower

... which had not been shaved since Sunday, had been urging him to buy for some time, naming prices, without even knowing what pleased him or what he wanted. "Here, I'll take a silver piece for these peasants and this little landscape. What painting! it fairly dazzles one; only just received from the factory; the varnish isn't dry yet. Or here is a winter scene—take the winter scene; fifteen rubles; the frame alone is worth it. What a winter scene!" Here the merchant gave a slight fillip to the canvas, as if ...

— Taras Bulba and Other Tales • Nikolai Vasilievich Gogol

... of camouflage, or the deceptive painting and rigging of ships, came first into being owing to the method employed by submarines for judging the speed of passing surface ships by the white wave thrown off from their bows. It is of the utmost importance for the ...

— Submarine Warfare of To-day • Charles W. Domville-Fife

... been always celebrated for orators) in which he told me how much they had been pleased with my productions (the old town has been always celebrated for its artistic taste), and, what do you think? offered me the painting of the mayor's portrait, and a hundred pounds for ...

— Lavengro - The Scholar, The Gypsy, The Priest • George Borrow

... it is that the things I am ripping about appear to father to be a sort of indoor game. It's all right to play the piano, if it's too wet to play golf. You can amuse yourself with painting if there aren't any pheasants to shoot. In fact, he will think that my wanting to become a musician is much the same thing as if I wanted to become a billiard-marker. And if he and I talked about it till we were a hundred years old, he could never possibly ...

— Michael • E. F. Benson

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