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# 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 →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/painter/#m1)

2) A painter is also a worker who paints walls, houses and buildings. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/painter/#m2)

3) A painter on a boat is a rope used to tie it up (rare). [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/painter/#m3)

### 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 →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/painter/#x1)
- 3 painters paint a house. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/painter/#x2)
- The painter made 12 pictures. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/painter/#x3)
- How long for 10 rooms? [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/painter/#x4)
- Van Gogh was a famous painter. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/painter/#x5)
- The painters are coming to paint our fence. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/painter/#x6)
- She wants to be a painter when she grows up. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/painter/#x7)
- The painter mixed blue and yellow on her palette. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/painter/#x8)
- At this moment the painter entered the room. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/painter/#x9)

### 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.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/arts/14-painting-paints-brushes-mess-and-mistakes/8/)
- [Overworking means adding too much until the picture gets muddy; painters step back and look from a distance.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/arts/14-painting-paints-brushes-mess-and-mistakes/15/)
- [Paintings of history often mix fact, legend and the painter's imagination.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/arts/15-famous-paintings-and-the-stories-behind-them/16/)
- ["Rubenesque" means plump and attractive, after the painter Rubens, who painted round women.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/euphemisms/10-weight-and-babies/14/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «painter» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/painter/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.