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# painting

noun (painting, paintings); verb form (-ing form of paint)

«painting» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. A painting is a picture made with paint. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/painting/#m1)
2. Painting is the art or job of making pictures with paint. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/painting/#m2)
3. Painting is the -ing form of paint: «He is painting the fence». [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/painting/#m3)

### 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 →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/painting/#x1)
- She sold 3 paintings for 25 dollars each. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/painting/#x2)
- He is painting the fence. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/painting/#x3)
- Each painting takes 2 hours. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/painting/#x4)
- My favourite painting shows sunflowers. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/painting/#x5)
- Painting is her favourite hobby. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/painting/#x6)
- The paintings hang on the gallery walls. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/painting/#x7)
- Face painting costs one dollar at the fair. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/painting/#x8)
- Inside, in the hall, valuable oil paintings were hanging on the walls. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/painting/#x9)

### 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.

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «painting» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/painting/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«painting» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/painting.html) on Mova free.