painting
part of speech
noun (painting, paintings); verb form (-ing form of paint)
meaning for a pupil
1) A painting is a picture made with paint. tree →
2) Painting is the art or job of making pictures with paint. tree →
3) Painting is the -ing form of paint: «He is painting the fence». tree →
sense in the lessons
In maths: pictures counted, sold or hung; or the action of painting; time per painting. In art: famous paintings in galleries; painting as a hobby. In everyday life: painting a room. In stories: a painting with a secret, a magic painting.
examples
- The museum has 40 paintings. tree →
- She sold 3 paintings for 25 dollars each. tree →
- He is painting the fence. tree →
- Each painting takes 2 hours. tree →
- My favourite painting shows sunflowers. tree →
- Painting is her favourite hobby. tree →
- The paintings hang on the gallery walls. tree →
- Face painting costs one dollar at the fair. tree →
- Inside, in the hall, valuable oil paintings were hanging on the walls. tree →
note
As a thing: counted. «Each painting takes» gives a rate. Trap: «painting the wall» is an action, not a counted picture. A painting uses paint; a drawing uses pencils or pens.
In the corpora
- A mural is a big planned painting on a wall; without permission painting on walls is damage, even at home.
- Loose brushwork, holding the brush further from the bristles, often makes paintings look more alive.
- Paintings of history often mix fact, legend and the painter's imagination.
- Whether such paintings are great art is argued: some say they are powerful in real life, others say they are a joke.
- A mural is a big wall painting done with permission, often paid for by councils, building owners or festivals.
Trees and pragmatics
Every meaning and example of «painting» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.