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say it: PAYN-ting
painting is a noun meaning "graphic art consisting of an artistic composition made by applying paints to a surface". It carries 4 recorded senses.
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”
Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.
Definitions, synonyms and semantic relations for painting come from Princeton University’s WordNet. The pronunciation comes from the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary. Commonness is measured against a corpus of everyday English. Full sources and licences.