| Main Entry: | paint |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | apply colored tint, often to make design |
Synonyms: |
brush, catch a likeness, coat, color, compose, cover, cover up, daub, decorate, delineate, depict, design, draft, draw, dye, figure, fresco, gloss over, limn, ornament, outline, picture, portray, put on coats, represent, shade, sketch, slap on, slather, stipple, swab, tint, touch up, wash |
Antonyms: |
strip |
| Main Entry: | painting |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | work of art |
Synonyms: |
abstract design, art, art work, canvas, cityscape, composition, depiction, landscape, likeness, mural, oil painting, picture, portrait, portrayal, representation, seascape, sketch, water color |
| Main Entry: | painting |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | the act of applying paint |
Synonyms: |
airbrushing, brushing, calcimining, coating, covering, daubing, decorating, enameling, splashing, varnishing |
| Main Entry: | painting |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | artwork |
Synonyms: |
art, canvas, composition, design, drawing, mural, oil, picture, portrait, seascape, watercolor |
| Main Entry: | painting |
| Part of Speech: | noun1, noun2, noun |
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Adjectives: |
low, painting, Byzantine, Hellenistic, Italianate, Kamakura, Ming, abstract, architectonic, colorfield, eclectic, elydoric, encaustic, farded, figurative, hard, hieratic, high, low in tone, monochromatic, monumental, nonobjective, painterly, pastoral, plein, pre, pre, representational, sfumato, stippled, tinctorial
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| Concept: | Painting. |
| Category: | 1. Natural Means |
Synonyms: |
-nouns
painting; depicting; drawing; design; perspective, sciagraphy, skiagraphy; chiaroscuro (light) composition; treatment., historical painting, portrait painting, miniature painting; landscape painting, marine painting; still life, flower painting, scene painting; scenography., school, style; the grand style, high art, genre, portraiture; ornamental art., monochrome, polychrome; grisaille., pallet, palette; easel; brush, pencil, stump; black lead, charcoal, crayons, chalk, pastel; paint (coloring matter); watercolor, body color, oil color; oils, oil paint; varnish, priming; gouache, tempera, distemper, fresco, water glass; enamel; encaustic painting; mosaic; tapestry., photography, heliography, color photography; sun painting., picture, painting, piece, tableau, canvas; oil painting; fresco, cartoon; easel picture, cabinet picture, draught, draft; pencil drawing, water color drawing, etching, charcoal, pen-and-ink; sketch, outline, study., photograph, color photograph, black-and-white photograph, holograph, heliograph; daguerreotype, talbotype, calotype, heliotype., portrait (representation); whole length, full length, half length; kitcat, head; miniature; shade, silhouette; profile., landscape, seapiece; view, scene, prospect; panorama, diorama; still life., picture gallery, exhibit; studio, atelier; pinacotheca.
-verbs
paint, design, limn draw, sketch, pencil, scratch, shade, stipple, hatch, dash off, chalk out, square up; color, dead color, wash, varnish; draw in pencil; paint in oils; stencil; depict (represent).
-adjectives
painted; pictorial, graphic, picturesque., pencil, oil, etc.
-adverbs
in pencil, etc.
-phrases
fecit, delineavit; mutum est pictura poema.
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| Main Entry: | apply |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | put substance on another |
Synonyms: |
administer, affix, anoint, bestow, cover, fasten, join, lay on, massage, paint, place, put on, rub, smear, spread, touch |
| Main Entry: | art |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | creation meant to communicate or appeal to senses or mind |
Synonyms: |
abstraction, carving, description, design, illustration, imitation, modeling, molding, painting, pictorialization, portrayal, representation, sculpting, shaping, simulation, sketching, symbolization |
Antonyms: |
science |
| Main Entry: | brush |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | clean, prepare by whisking |
Synonyms: |
buff, clean, paint, polish, sweep, wash, whisk, wipe |
| Main Entry: | coat |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | covering |
Synonyms: |
bark, coating, crust, finish, glaze, gloss, lacquer, lamination, layer, overlay, painting, plaster, priming, roughcast, set, tinge, varnish, wash, whitewashing |
| Notes: | skin is the general term for an animal's outer covering; the layer of fur, hair, or wool is the coat; hide is the tough skin of certain large animals that is tanned and made into leather; pelt is untanned skin of fur-bearing animals |