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Entry 4 senses Webster, 1913

Painting

· Paint·ing · IPA /ˈpeɪ.nɪŋ/
01 n. The act or employment of laying on, or adorning with, paints or colors.
  1. 1.
    The act or employment of laying on, or adorning with, paints or colors.
  2. 2.
    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.(Fine Arts)
  3. 3.
    Color laid on; paint.[R.]
  4. 4.
    A depicting by words; vivid representation in words.
Syn. See Picture.