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painting

painting

102 1.0
The job of putting paint on buildings or other surfaces
  • noun
  • /ˈpeɪntɪŋ/
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  • After a long day of painting, I was exhausted but happy with the results.
  • decorative house painting
  • act of painting
  • painting manual

So, so I have no painting jobs going right now.

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Examples

  • Your brother owned a painting business, right?

  • I'm having painting done.

  • Last day of painting today, but it looks good.

  • So this is my progress after four hours of painting by myself.

  • Got a work order here for a painting job.

  • My job is the painting.

  • Carl was in the painting class I taught last fall at the college.

    Fiction book (1991)
  • You go around Smithville painting houses, and you can do this?

  • We hired professionals for the painting of our house's exterior.

  • The workers started the painting in the morning and finished by sunset.

Synonyms

paint job
vspainting
39 2.5

Work covering something, like a car or wall, with color to make it look new

refers to the job of applying coatings specifically to buildings and not all surfaces
house painting
vspainting
1 1.6

Work that covers the inside or outside of a house with color to protect and decorate it

covers applying coatings to buildings and other surfaces more broadly

Compounds

6 2.7

A picture made with oil paint on canvas or panel

The act of putting paint on a surface using a spray can or gun

oil painting
  • Specialized
3 2.9

Art of making pictures using oil-based paint

A picture made directly on a wall as decoration

A picture that shows natural scenery like hills, trees, and rivers

Work that covers the inside or outside of a house with color to protect and decorate it

1 7.2

A picture made by arranging fine colored sand on a flat surface

A style of abstract art in which artists drip or pour paint onto a canvas

action painting
  • Specialized
1 7.1

A style of abstract painting where the artist moves and applies paint in big, energetic movements

1 5.3

A painting that shows a naked person as the main subject

A painting made with bright, strong colors that looks lively

A way of painting using fingers to spread paint or a picture done that way

A kind of art that shows ordinary people doing everyday activities

oil painting
  • Neologism
3.5

A digital image made by software to look like a picture painted with oil paint

An activity of decorating small stones with color as a craft

A decorative painting that hangs above a sofa to match the room

word-painting
  • Literature
7.4

A description in words that makes you imagine something clearly

How Complete

touch-up
8 3.9
painting
102 1.0

Surface Forms

painting singular
paintings plural

Morphology

painting = paint (transparent) = paint + ing

The noun 'painting' is derived from the verb 'paint' with the suffix '-ing', indicating the act or job of applying paint.

Etymology

Painting comes from the word paint, meaning 'to put colour on something', and this word is used for both art and practical work. So painting can mean the job of applying paint to buildings or other surfaces.