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Pronunciation : Paint"ing
Part of Speech : n.
Definition : 1. The act or employment of laying on, or adorning with, paints or colors.

2. (Fine Arts)

Defn: The work of the painter; also, any work of art in which objects are represented in color on a flat surface; a colored representation of any object or scene; a picture.

3. Color laid on; paint. [R.] Shak.

4. A depicting by words; vivid representation in words.

Syn. -- See Picture.
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913