Pāint'ing, n.
n. 1. The act or employment of laying on colors.
Sense 2. Colors laid on; paint. [Rare.] Shak.
Sense 3. The art of representing natural objects on a plane surface, by means of colors and the management of light and shade, so as to produce the appearance of relief; also, vivid description in words.
Sense 4. That which is painted; a colored resemblance of any thing; a picture. “This painting wherein you see me smeared.” Shak.
Word painting. See under WORD.
Synonyms—See PICTURE.