Meaning of painting | Babel Free

Definitions

1. An illustration or artwork done with the use of paint.
   countable
2. An illustration or artwork done with the use of paint
3. The action of applying paint to a surface.
   uncountable
4. paint (colorant substance)
5. The action of applying paint to a surface
6. a colouring substance in the form of liquid or paste. The artist's clothes were covered in paint; (also adjective) a paint pot. verf دُهان боя tinta barva; barevný die Farbe, Farb-... maling; maler- χρώμα, μπογιάpintura värv, värvi- رنگ maali peintureצבע रंग, लेप boja, farba festék cat málning pittura, vernice; di pittura/vernice 塗料 물감, 페인트 dažai krāsa cat verfmalingfarba رنګول، انځو رول ( نقاشى كول tinta (de) vopsea краска farba; farebný barva boja [målar]färg สี boya 油漆，顏料 фарба پينٹ، روغن ...
   also adjective
7. The same activity as an art form.
   uncountable
8. paintwork
9. The same activity as an art form
10. a (small) box containing different paints for making pictures. verfblikkie, verfkassie عُلْبَة الألوان кутия с бои caixa de pintura skříňka s barvami der Malkasten farveladeæske; maleræske κουτί με μπογιές caja de pinturas maalikast جعبه رنگ paletti boîte de couleurs קוּפסַת צְבָעִים रंग बक्सा kutija s bojama festékdoboz kotak cat litakassi scatola di colori 絵の具箱 그림물감 통 dažų dėžutė krāsu kaste kotak warna verfdoosfargeskrin, malerkasse pudełko z farbami د رنګ جعبه caixa de tintas набор красок...
11. present participle and gerund of paint
12. a brush used for putting on paint. verfkwas فُرشاة للرَّسْم، ريشة الرَسّام четка за боя pincel malířský štětec; štětka der Pinsel malerpensel πινέλοpincel pintsel قلم مو sivellin pinceau מִברֶשֶת צְבָע तूलिका kist za ličenje (festő)ecset kuas málningarpensill pennello 絵筆 그림 붓 teptukas ota berus cat verfkwast, penseelmalerkost, penselpędzel د رنګ بړس pincel pensulă кисть maliarsky štetec; štetka čopič četkica målarpensel พู่กัน boya/resim fırçası 畫筆，油漆刷 пензель پينٹ برش chổi sơn 画笔，油漆刷
13. The process, art, or occupation of coating surfaces with paint for a utilitarian or artistic effect.
14. A picture or design in paint.
15. (Art Terms) the art or process of applying paints to a surface such as canvas, to make a picture or other artistic composition
16. (Art Terms) a composition or picture made in this way
17. the act of applying paint to a surface with a brush
18. a picture or design executed in paints.
19. the act, art, or work of a person who paints.

Equivalents

Examples

“The Mona Lisa is one of the most famous paintings.”

“"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;[…]."”

“There's something special about tidal estuaries, due to the abundance of wildlife and the ever-changing scenes as the water ebbs or rises. Throw in some moody skies and filtered sunlight, and the views can resemble a painting by Turner - only you don't have to go to the National Gallery to see this, it's brought to your seat on a train.”

“With five large-scale paintings in his new solo exhibition, “Dusky Rainy Sunny,” the Colombia- born artist Juan Eduardo Gómez examines the relationship between the human form and landscapes.”

“The outside of the old house would benefit from some painting.”

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

“The mother, Ekaterina Pavlovna, who at one time had been handsome, but now, asthmatic, depressed, vague, and over-feeble for her years, tried to entertain me with conversation about painting. Having heard from her daughter that I might come to Shelkovka, she had hurriedly recalled two or three of my landscapes which she had seen in exhibitions in Moscow, and now asked what I meant to express by them.”

“At Lungmen in northern Honan, where Buddhist sculpture of the T'ang period is found side by side with the earlier work of the Northern Wei, at Tunhuang in western Kansu, where the explorations of Stein and Pelliot have brought to light a wonderful collection of sculpture and painting dating from the eighth, ninth, and tenth centuries, and at various other points in the empire the artists of T'ang China have left behind them convincing evidence of noble religious inspiration coupled with a high degree of technical proficiency.”

CEFR level