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How to pronounce painting in English?

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Type Words
Synonyms picture
Type of graphic art
Has types waterscape, cityscape, daub, distemper, finger-painting, oil painting, pentimento, sand painting, seascape, semi-abstraction, still life, tanka, trompe l'oeil, wall painting, water-color, water-colour, watercolor, watercolour, abstraction, icon, ikon, illumination, landscape, miniature, monochrome, mural, nude, nude painting
Derivation paint


a small painting by Picasso.
he bought the painting as an investment.
Type Words
Synonyms house painting
Type of craft, trade
Derivation paint


house painting was the only craft he knew.
Type Words
Type of fine arts, beaux arts, artistic production, artistic creation, art
Has types water-color, oil painting, impasto, watercolour, fresco, watercolor, distemper, water-colour
Derivation paint


he studied painting and sculpture for many years.
Type Words
Type of coating, covering, application
Has types finger-painting, splash, splashing, splattering, spray painting, spatter, spattering
Derivation paint


you can finish the job of painting faster with a roller than with a brush.

Examples of painting

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The artist suggested painting the portrait after meeting Hall at a dinner party.
From the bloomberg.com
Some people don't like the idea that it's a big painting, but that's what it is.
From the voanews.com
King drew upon the browns and pinks of a Biamonte oil painting for the bathroom.
From the dispatch.com
I met Matt about 11 years ago when he came over to our house to hang a painting.
From the gothamgal.com
The airport painting will earn him about $65,000, minus $1,200 for the scaffold.
From the sacbee.com
Instead of commiserating, help this person by painting a positive, rosy picture.
From the sacbee.com
The work creates a painting-like quality on the reverse side of the clear slabs.
From the dailyherald.com
By twice sanding and painting with eggshell, Dodds achieved the required effect.
From the telegraph.co.uk
Oddly, almost as if in spite of itself, this extraordinary painting does cohere.
From the independent.co.uk
More examples
  • 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"
  • Creating a picture with paints; "he studied painting and sculpture for many years"
  • The act of applying paint to a surface; "you can finish the job of painting faster with a roller than with a brush"
  • The occupation of a house painter; "house painting was the only craft he knew"
  • (paint) a substance used as a coating to protect or decorate a surface (especially a mixture of pigment suspended in a liquid); dries to form a hard coating; "artists use `paint' and `pigment' interchangeably"
  • (paint) key: (basketball) a space (including the foul line) in front of the basket at each end of a basketball court; usually painted a different color from the rest of the court; "he hit a jump shot from the top of the key"; "he dominates play in the paint"
  • Painting is the practice of applying paint, pigment, color or other medium to a surface (support base). The application of the medium is commonly applied to the base with a brush but other objects may be used. In art the term describes both the act and the result which is called a painting. ...
  • Painting (1946) is an oil-on-linen painting by the Irish-born artist Francis Bacon.
  • Everything That Happens Will Happen Today is the second album made in collaboration between David Byrne and Brian Eno, released on August 18, 2008, by Todo Mundo.