Hypertext Webster Gateway: "painting"

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)

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.

Jezebel painted her face and tired her head. --2
Kings ix. 30.

2. Fig.: To color, stain, or tinge; to adorn or beautify with
colors; to diversify with colors.

Not painted with the crimson spots of blood. --Shak.

Cuckoo buds of yellow hue Do paint the meadows with
delight. --Shak.

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.

4. Fig.: To represent or exhibit to the mind; to describe
vividly; to delineate; to image; to depict.

Disloyal? The word is too good to paint out her
wickedness. --Shak.

If folly grow romantic, I must paint it. --Pope.

Syn: To color; picture; depict; portray; delineate; sketch;
draw; describe.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)

Painting \Paint"ing\, n.
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}.

From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)

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: making 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}]


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