Category:Painting

Paint"ing, n.

1. The act or employment of laying on, or adorning with, paints or Colors.

2. (fine arts)

Defn: 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.