Definitions for painting
ˈpeɪn tɪŋpaint·ing

Princeton's WordNet(2.50 / 2 votes)Rate this definition:

1. painting, picturenoun

   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"

2. paintingnoun

   creating a picture with paints

   "he studied painting and sculpture for many years"

3. paintingnoun

   the act of applying paint to a surface

   "you can finish the job of painting faster with a roller than with a brush"

4. painting, house paintingnoun

   the occupation of a house painter

   "house painting was the only craft he knew"

Wiktionary(5.00 / 1 vote)Rate this definition:

1. paintingnoun

   An illustration or artwork done with the use of paint(s).

   The Mona Lisa is one of the most famous paintings.

2. paintingnoun

   The action of applying paint to a surface.

   Artistic painting often takes longer then utilitarian house - etc. painting.

3. paintingnoun

   The same activity as an art form.

   Some artists excel in both painting and sculpture, like Michelangelo.

Samuel Johnson's Dictionary(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. Paintingnoun

   Etymology: from paint.

   1. The art of representing objects by delineation and colours.

   If painting be acknowledged for an art, it follows that no arts are without their precepts. Dryden.

   ’Tis in life as ’tis in painting,
   Much may be right, yet much be wanting. Matthew Prior.

   2. Picture; the painted resemblance.

   This is the very painting of your fear;
   This is the air-drawn dagger which you said,
   Led you to Duncan. William Shakespeare, Macbeth.

   Painting is welcome;
   The painting is almost the natural man:
   For since dishonour trafficks with man’s nature,
   He is but outside: pencil’d figures are
   Ev’n such as they give out. William Shakespeare, Timon of Athens.

   3. Colours laid on.

   If any such be here
   That love this painting, wherein you see me smear’d,
   Let him express his disposition, William Shakespeare, Coriolanus.

Webster Dictionary(5.00 / 1 vote)Rate this definition:

1. Painting

   of Paint

2. Paintingnoun

   the act or employment of laying on, or adorning with, paints or colors

3. Paintingnoun

   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

4. Paintingnoun

   color laid on; paint

5. Paintingnoun

   a depicting by words; vivid representation in words

Freebase(4.33 / 3 votes)Rate this definition:

1. Painting

   Painting is the practice of applying paint, pigment, color or other medium to a surface. The medium is commonly applied to the base with a brush but other implements, such as knives, sponges, and airbrushes, can be used. In art, the term painting describes both the act and the result of the action. However, painting is also used outside of art as a common trade among craftsmen and builders. Paintings may have for their support such surfaces as walls, paper, canvas, wood, glass, lacquer, clay, leaf, copper or concrete, and may incorporate multiple other materials including sand, clay, paper, gold leaf as well as objects. Painting is a mode of creative expression, and the forms are numerous. Drawing, composition or abstraction and other aesthetics may serve to manifest the expressive and conceptual intention of the practitioner. Paintings can be naturalistic and representational, photographic, abstract, be loaded with narrative content, symbolism, emotion or be political in nature. A portion of the history of painting in both Eastern and Western art is dominated by spiritual motifs and ideas; examples of this kind of painting range from artwork depicting mythological figures on pottery to Biblical scenes rendered on the interior walls and ceiling of The Sistine Chapel, to scenes from the life of Buddha or other images of eastern religious origin.

Editors Contribution(2.00 / 1 vote)Rate this definition:

1. paintingverb

   Verb form of the word paint.

   They were painting the house as they are getting married this year and choose to ensure the house reflects the colors they love.

   Submitted by MaryC on March 21, 2020  

Matched Categories

1. • Application
   • Artistic Creation
   • Fine Arts
   • Graphic Art

British National Corpus

1. Spoken Corpus Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'painting' in Spoken Corpus Frequency: #2655

2. Written Corpus Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'painting' in Written Corpus Frequency: #3998

3. Nouns Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'painting' in Nouns Frequency: #659

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of painting in Chaldean Numerology is: 1

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of painting in Pythagorean Numerology is: 9

Examples of painting in a Sentence

1. Kirk Cameron:

   Is this just beautiful? Could we have asked for a more beautiful painting from God? And just think, God paints with water and light to make that. Isnt that amazing? Im so happy that you all came here.

2. Xeo Chu:

   My mom told me I was going to have an exhibition in New York. So, I was like, 'Oh, let's make a big painting for this.' That took like three months.

3. John McCarthy:

   We have even based the stern painting on a real contemporary Dutch painting, Vermeersfamous Milkmaid,painted just one year before the ship was wrecked.

4. Kathy Cano-Murillo:

   Over the years, skull face painting has become very popular. It symbolizes the acceptance of death, of the cycle of life, when the spirits crossover, you are sending a message that you are celebrating it with them. You are not in fear of death.

5. College Republicans:

   My issue with feminism more than anything else is the activism tactics and the issues they're pushing, when your activism is growing your armpit hair out and painting it pink and then hating men, that, to me, does nothing for your cause, it does nothing to empower women.

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