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paint·ing

[peyn-ting] Pronunciation Key

–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 in a particular manner, place, or period: a book on Flemish painting.

4.	an instance of covering a surface with paint.

[Origin: 1175–1225; ME; see paint, -ing¹

]

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paint (pānt) Pronunciation Key
n.

1. A liquid mixture, usually of a solid pigment in a liquid vehicle, used as a decorative or protective coating.
2. The thin dry film formed by such a mixture when applied to a surface.
3. The solid pigment before it is mixed with a vehicle.
A cosmetic, such as rouge, that is used to give color to the face; makeup.
See pinto.

v. paint·ed, paint·ing, paints

v. tr.

To make (a picture) with paints.
1. To represent in a picture with paints.
2. To depict vividly in words.
To coat or decorate with paint: paint a house.
To apply cosmetics to.
To apply medicine to; swab: paint a wound.
To shine a laser beam on, especially in order to designate a target for laser-guided munitions.

v. intr.

To practice the art of painting pictures.
To cover something with paint.
To apply cosmetics to oneself: "Let her paint an inch thick, to this favor she must come" (Shakespeare).
To serve as a surface to be coated with paint: These nonporous surfaces paint badly with a brush.

[From Middle English painten, to paint, from Old French peintier, from peint, past participle of peindre, from Latin pingere; see peig- in Indo-European roots.]

paint'a·bil'i·ty n., paint'a·ble adj.

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paint·ing (pān'tĭng) Pronunciation Key
n.

The process, art, or occupation of coating surfaces with paint for a utilitarian or artistic effect.
A picture or design in paint.

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painting
noun
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"
2.	creating 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"

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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.

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