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单词 painting
释义

painting

noun

paint·​ing ˈpān-tiŋ How to pronounce painting (audio)
1
: a product of painting
especially : a work produced through the art of painting
2
: the art or occupation of painting

Synonyms

  • canvas
  • canvass
  • oil
  • oil painting
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Example Sentences

They hung the painting in the living room. The woman in that painting is my grandmother. I like painting more than sculpture. He is studying abstract painting. She wants to devote all her time to painting. The room is ready for painting. See More
Recent Examples on the Web Every frame is like a painting for Salomé Villeneuve. Michaela Zee, Variety, 10 Sep. 2022 His private collection includes a painting of the Queen on horseback at the Trooping the Color ceremony. Nick Glass, CNN, 10 Sep. 2022 At Grimm, the brushy work of Matthias Weischer complemented the softer painting of Caroline Walker, and the meditative nature of both meshed well with the metaphysical sculpture of Arturo Kameya. Brian P. Kelly, WSJ, 9 Sep. 2022 Congress bought the first painting in the collection, of George Washington. Darlene Superville, Chicago Tribune, 7 Sep. 2022 Congress bought the first painting in the collection, of George Washington. Darlene Superville, ajc, 7 Sep. 2022 Congress bought the first painting in the collection, of George Washington. Darlene Superville, BostonGlobe.com, 7 Sep. 2022 Grab a booth by the large oval painting of blooming flowers under a bright moon, or sneak into the enclave under their iconic neon sign to sip your drink. Annalise Mabe, Bon Appétit, 2 Sep. 2022 This was an escalation from the semi-regular spray-painting of pentagrams and obscenities. Charles Bethea, The New Yorker, 2 Sep. 2022 See More

Word History

First Known Use

13th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Kids Definition

painting

noun

paint·​ing ˈpān-tiŋ How to pronounce painting (audio)
1
: a work of art made with paint
2
: the art or occupation of creating pictures with paint

painting 1 of 2

noun

as in canvas
a picture created with oil paint the Mona Lisa is a haunting painting of a woman with a most mysterious smile

Synonyms & Similar Words

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  • canvas
  • mural
  • watercolor
  • canvass
  • oil
  • fresco
  • drawing
  • panorama
  • oil painting
  • etching
  • acrylic
  • sketch
  • gouache
  • diptych
  • masterpiece
  • pastel
  • triptych
  • aquarelle
  • tempera
  • finger painting
  • distemper
  • showpiece
  • pièce de résistance

painting

2 of 2

verb

present participle of paint
1
as in describing
to give a representation or account of in words the description painted a perfect image of the sun setting over the ocean

Synonyms & Similar Words

  • describing
  • depicting
  • portraying
  • rendering
  • sketching
  • drawing
  • picturing
  • illustrating
  • setting out
  • imaging
  • limning
  • characterizing
  • delineating
  • recounting
  • defining
  • outlining
  • representing
  • displaying
  • relating
  • summarizing
  • showing
  • exhibiting
  • labeling
  • narrating
  • telling
  • reporting
  • tracing
  • reciting
  • demonstrating
  • qualifying
  • rehearsing
  • labelling
  • suggesting
  • drafting
  • hinting
  • silhouetting
  • summing up
  • vignetting
  • reimaging
  • touching off
  • redescribing

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

  • coloring
  • distorting
  • misrepresenting
  • twisting
  • warping
  • falsifying
  • misstating
  • perverting
  • misdescribing
  • garbling
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as in coloring
to give color or a different color to I've decided to paint the bathroom walls purple

Synonyms & Similar Words

  • coloring
  • staining
  • dyeing
  • brightening
  • pigmenting
  • tinting
  • striping
  • bepainting
  • tincturing
  • darkening
  • tingeing
  • tinging
  • lightening
  • daubing
  • marbling
  • dappling
  • specking
  • flecking
  • variegating
  • striating
  • patterning
  • mottling
  • embrowning
  • streaking
  • speckling
  • polychroming
  • checkering
  • toning (down)

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

  • bleaching
  • decolorizing
  • whitening
  • blanching
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