noun color laid on; paint.
2. painting ·noun a depicting by words; vivid representation in words.
3. painting ·p.pr. & ·vb.n. of paint.
4. painting ·noun the act or employment of laying on, or adorning with, paints or colors.
5. painting ·noun 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.