painting

American  

[peyn-ting] / ˈpeɪn tɪŋ /

noun

1. a picture or design executed in paints.

2. the act, art, or work of a person who paints.

3. the works of art painted painted in a particular manner, place, or period.

   a book on Flemish painting.

4. an instance of covering a surface with paint.

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painting British  

/ ˈpeɪntɪŋ /

noun

1. the art or process of applying paints to a surface such as canvas, to make a picture or other artistic composition

2. a composition or picture made in this way

3. the act of applying paint to a surface with a brush

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Etymology

Origin of painting

Middle English word dating back to 1175–1225; paint, -ing ¹

Example Sentences

Above the painting, she has mounted a projector screen for movie nights and video games.

From Los Angeles Times

Jackson’s pinkish-colored home stands at the center, a painting of a young boy and girl flying kites decorating the front window.

From Los Angeles Times

Josie said she met Sleep in person years earlier, outside York Theatre Royal's stage door, to give him paintings of the dancer Vaslav Nijinsky which she had created herself.

From BBC

The occasional opportunity here for comparison between painting and drawing is welcome, but the works on paper need no justification.

From The Wall Street Journal

I go, “That’s not a painting from the 1930s. Somebody painted it much later.”

From Los Angeles Times

Related Words

• art
• canvas
• composition
• depiction
• landscape
• mural
• oil painting
• picture
• portrait
• sketch