paint‧ing S3 W2 /ˈpeɪntɪŋ/
noun [
Word Family: noun:
paint,
painter,
painting, repaint;
verb:
paint, repaint;
adjective:
painterly]
1. [countable] a painted picture that you put on a wall for people to see:
a collection of valuable paintingspainting of There was a large painting of his father on the wall. Can you help me hang this painting (=put it on a wall)? ⇒
oil painting2. [uncountable] the act or skill of making a picture, using paints:
Degas’ style of painting the Cubist school of painting (=a particular style used by a group of people)3. [uncountable] the work of covering a wall, house etc with paint
painting and decorating British English [TahlilGaran] Dictionary of Contemporary English ▲
picture shapes, lines etc painted or drawn on a surface, especially as a piece of art, and often showing what someone or something looks like:
a picture of a horse He painted the picture in 1890, just before he died.drawing a picture drawn with a pencil, pen etc:
We had to do a drawing of a sunflower.sketch a picture that is drawn quickly:
I made a quick sketch of the kind of room we wanted.painting a picture made using paint:
The painting now hangs in the Museum of Modern Art. Picasso did several paintings of her.portrait a picture of a person:
The portrait was painted by Rembrandt.landscape a picture of a place, especially in the countryside or the mountains:
Constable painted mainly landscapes.cartoon a funny drawing in a newspaper or magazine that tells a story or a joke:
A cartoon in the New York Times showed the President talking to Osama Bin Laden.comic strip a series of pictures drawn inside boxes that tell a story:
Charles Schultz was famous for his cartoon strip about Snoopy and Charlie Brown.caricature a funny drawing of someone that makes a part of someone’s face or body look bigger, worse etc than it really is, especially in a funny way:
He is famous for his caricatures of politicans.illustration a picture in a book:
The book has over 100 pages of illustrations, most of them in colour.poster a large picture printed on paper that you stick to a wall as decoration:
old movie posters There were lots of posters of pop bands on her bedroom wall.print a picture that is usually produced on a
printing press, and is one of a series of copies of the same picture:
a limited edition of lithographic prints by John Lennonimage a picture – used especially when talking about what the picture is like, or the effect it has on you:
He produced some memorable images. a beautiful image Some of the images are deeply disturbing.artwork pictures or photographs, especially ones that have been produced to be used in a book or magazine:
We are still waiting for the artwork to come back from the printers.imagine to form a picture or idea in your mind about what something might be like:
When I think of Honolulu, I imagine long white beaches and palm trees. I can’t really imagine being a millionaire.visualize to form a picture of someone or something in your mind, especially something that is definitely going to happen or exist in the future:
Anna visualized meeting Greg again at the airport. The finished house may be hard to visualize.envisage /ɪnˈvɪzɪdʒ/
especially British English,
envision to imagine something as possible or likely to happen in the future:
How do you envisage your career developing over the next ten years? They had envisioned the creation of a single armed force, small but efficient.conceive of something formal to imagine a situation, especially one that is difficult to imagine:
For many people, music is so important that they cannot conceive of life without it.fantasize to imagine something exciting that you would like to happen, but that is very unlikely to happen:
I used to fantasize about becoming a film star.daydream to imagine pleasant things, so that you forget where you are and what you should be doing:
Mark began to daydream, and didn’t even hear the teacher’s question.hallucinate to imagine that you are seeing things that are not really there, especially because you are ill or have taken drugs:
The drug that can cause some people to hallucinate. When I saw the walls moving, I thought I must be hallucinating. [TahlilGaran] English Thesaurus ▲