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PAINTING
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
The occupation of a house painter
Example:
house painting was the only craft he knew
Synonyms:
house painting; painting
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Hypernyms ("painting" is a kind of...):
craft; trade (the skilled practice of a practical occupation)
Holonyms ("painting" is a part of...):
building; construction (the commercial activity involved in repairing old structures or constructing new ones)
Derivation:
paint (apply paint to; coat with paint)
Sense 2
Meaning:
The act of applying paint to a surface
Example:
you can finish the job of painting faster with a roller than with a brush
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Hypernyms ("painting" is a kind of...):
application; coating; covering (the work of applying something)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "painting"):
spray painting (applying paint with a sprayer)
spatter; spattering; splash; splashing; splattering (the act of splashing a (liquid) substance on a surface)
finger-painting (painting by using the fingers to spread the paint)
Derivation:
paint (apply paint to; coat with paint)
paint (apply a liquid to; e.g., paint the gutters with linseed oil)
Sense 3
Meaning:
Creating a picture with paints
Example:
he studied painting and sculpture for many years
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Hypernyms ("painting" is a kind of...):
beaux arts; fine arts (the study and creation of visual works of art)
art; artistic creation; artistic production (the creation of beautiful or significant things)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "painting"):
distemper (a method of painting in which the pigments are mixed with water and a binder; used for painting posters or murals or stage scenery)
fresco (a durable method of painting on a wall by using watercolors on wet plaster)
impasto (painting that applies the pigment thickly so that brush or palette knife marks are visible)
oil painting (the art or method of painting with oil paints)
water-color; water-colour; watercolor; watercolour (the art or technique of painting with watercolors)
Derivation:
paint (make a painting of)
paint (make a painting)
Sense 4
Meaning:
Graphic art consisting of an artistic composition made by applying paints to a surface
Example:
his pictures hang in the Louvre
Synonyms:
painting; picture
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Hypernyms ("painting" is a kind of...):
graphic art (the arts of drawing or painting or printmaking)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "painting"):
nude; nude painting (a painting of a naked human figure)
oil painting (a picture painted with oil paints)
pentimento (the reappearance in a painting of an underlying image that had been painted over (usually when the later painting becomes transparent with age))
sand painting (a painting done by Amerindians (especially Navaho); made of fine colored sands on a neutral background)
seascape; waterscape (a painting of the sea (as distinguished from a landscape))
semi-abstraction (a semiabstract painting)
still life (a painting of inanimate objects such as fruit or flowers)
tanka (a Tibetan religious painting on fabric)
trompe l'oeil (a painting rendered in such great detail as to deceive the viewer concerning its reality)
water-color; water-colour; watercolor; watercolour (a painting produced with watercolors)
mural; wall painting (a painting that is applied to a wall surface)
monochrome (painting done in a range of tones of a single color)
illumination; miniature (painting or drawing included in a book (especially in illuminated medieval manuscripts))
landscape (painting depicting an expanse of natural scenery)
icon; ikon (a conventional religious painting in oil on a small wooden panel; venerated in the Eastern Church)
finger-painting (a painting produced by spreading paint with the fingers)
distemper (a painting created with paint that is made by mixing the pigments with water and a binder)
daub (an unskillful painting)
cityscape (painting depicting a city or urban area)
abstraction (an abstract painting)
Derivation:
paint (make a painting of)
paint (make a painting)
II. (verb)
Sense 1
-ing form of the verb paint
Context examples:
The Mercury retrograde period from February 16 to March 9 would be ideal for making repairs, doing maintenance, cleaning, or painting.
(AstrologyZone.com, by Susan Miller)
Includes karyotyping, fluorescence in situ hybridization, and chromosome painting.
(Chromosome Rearrangement Detection, NCI Thesaurus/OSP)
No; it was intended for the drawing-room; but my father was dissatisfied with the painting, and for some time it had no place.
(Northanger Abbey, by Jane Austen)
From fire to oil was a natural transition for burned fingers, and Amy fell to painting with undiminished ardor.
(Little Women, by Louisa May Alcott)
"I claim the honor," said he, "to be the first to cross to the unknown land—a fitting subject, no doubt, for some future historical painting."
(The Lost World, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
The wall inscriptions and paintings are believed to belong to an era between the reigns of King Amenhotep II and King Thutmose IV, both pharaohs of the 18th dynasty.
(Discovery of Two Tombs Dating Back 3,500 Years Announced in Egypt, VOA)
But then again, the dread of having been too civil, too encouraging herself, probably came over her, for she presently added, Do you not think they are something in Miss Morton's style of painting, Ma'am?
(Sense and Sensibility, by Jane Austen)
There he hangs, the tutelary angel of this house, she cried, pointing with a grand sweeping gesture to a painting upon the wall, which represented a very thin-faced, high-nosed gentleman with several orders upon his coat.
(Rodney Stone, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
In the former were many good paintings; but Elizabeth knew nothing of the art; and from such as had been already visible below, she had willingly turned to look at some drawings of Miss Darcy's, in crayons, whose subjects were usually more interesting, and also more intelligible.
(Pride and Prejudice, by Jane Austen)
He deliberately scrutinised each sketch and painting.
(Jane Eyre, by Charlotte Brontë)
