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Webster 1913 Edition


Painting

Paint′ing

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Noun.
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
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Webster 1828 Edition


Painting

PA'INTING

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ppr.
Representing in colors; laying on colors.

PA'INTING

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Noun.
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.

Definition 2024


painting

painting

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Verb

painting

  1. present participle of paint

Derived terms

  • spray-painting

Noun

painting (plural paintings)

  1. (countable) An illustration or artwork done with the use of paint(s).
    The Mona Lisa is one of the most famous paintings.
    • 1907, Robert W[illiam] Chambers, “chapter VIII”, in The Younger Set (Project Gutenberg; EBook #14852), New York, N.Y.: A. L. Burt Company, published 1 February 2005 (Project Gutenberg version), OCLC 4241346:
      "My tastes," he said, still smiling, "incline me to the garishly sunlit side of this planet." And, to tease her and arouse her to combat: "I prefer a farandole to a nocturne; I'd rather have a painting than an etching; Mr. Whistler bores me with his monochromatic mud; I don't like dull colours, dull sounds, dull intellects; []."
  2. (uncountable) The action of applying paint to a surface.
    Artistic painting often takes longer than utilitarian house &c. painting.
  3. (uncountable) The same activity as an art form.
    Some artists, like Michelangelo, excel in both painting and sculpture.

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The same activity as an art form

  • third art

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