painter

«painter» in Mova's school dictionary: a person who paints pictures, an artist — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 4 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

part of speech

noun (painter, painters)

meaning for a pupil

1) A painter is a person who paints pictures, an artist. tree →

2) A painter is also a worker who paints walls, houses and buildings. tree →

3) A painter on a boat is a rope used to tie it up (rare). tree →

sense in the lessons

In school maths: a worker painting at a rate (rooms a day); pictures painted; more painters finish faster. In art: famous painters like Van Gogh and Frida Kahlo; brushes, palettes, colours. In everyday life: the painter painting the house. Phrases: «a painter and decorator», «a famous painter».

examples

• A painter paints 2 rooms a day. tree →
• 3 painters paint a house. tree →
• The painter made 12 pictures. tree →
• How long for 10 rooms? tree →
• Van Gogh was a famous painter. tree →
• The painters are coming to paint our fence. tree →
• She wants to be a painter when she grows up. tree →
• The painter mixed blue and yellow on her palette. tree →
• At this moment the painter entered the room. tree →

note

Countable: «a painter». Maths: a worker with a rate: rooms = rate × days, days = rooms ÷ rate. Trap: more painters finish faster (an inverse relation).

In the corpora

• Oil paint is pigment mixed with oil, often linseed oil; it dries slowly, so painters could blend smoothly.
• Overworking means adding too much until the picture gets muddy; painters step back and look from a distance.
• Paintings of history often mix fact, legend and the painter's imagination.
• "Rubenesque" means plump and attractive, after the painter Rubens, who painted round women.

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «painter» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.