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# painting

«painting» in Mova's school dictionary: **a picture made with paint** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 5 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

### 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 →](https://md.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://md.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://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/painting/#m3)

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

### In the corpora

- [A mural is a big planned painting on a wall; without permission painting on walls is damage, even at home.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/arts/14-painting-paints-brushes-mess-and-mistakes/10/)
- [Loose brushwork, holding the brush further from the bristles, often makes paintings look more alive.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/arts/14-painting-paints-brushes-mess-and-mistakes/13/)
- [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/)
- [Whether such paintings are great art is argued: some say they are powerful in real life, others say they are a joke.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/arts/18-modern-art-my-little-brother-could-do-that/6/)
- [A mural is a big wall painting done with permission, often paid for by councils, building owners or festivals.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/arts/19-street-art-and-graffiti-legal-walls-vs-vandalism/6/)

### Trees and pragmatics

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