Definition of "painting"

painting

/ˈpeɪn.tɪŋ/

verb
1. present participle and gerund of paint
noun
countable and uncountable, plural paintings
1. (countable) An illustration or artwork done with the use of paint.
  Quotations
  "My tastes," he said, still smiling, "incline me to the garishly sunlit side of this planet." And, to tease her and arouse her to combat: "I prefer a farandole to a nocturne; I'd rather have a painting than an etching; Mr. Whistler bores me with his monochromatic mud; I don't like dull colours, dull sounds, dull intellects; […]."
  1907 August, Robert W[illiam] Chambers, chapter VIII, in The Younger Set, New York, N.Y.: D. Appleton & Company
  There's something special about tidal estuaries, due to the abundance of wildlife and the ever-changing scenes as the water ebbs or rises. Throw in some moody skies and filtered sunlight, and the views can resemble a painting by Turner - only you don't have to go to the National Gallery to see this, it's brought to your seat on a train.
  2020 December 2, Paul Bigland, “My weirdest and wackiest Rover yet”, in Rail, page 65
2. (uncountable) The action of applying paint to a surface.
3. (uncountable) The same activity as an art form.
  Quotations
  The mother, Ekaterina Pavlovna, who at one time had been handsome, but now, asthmatic, depressed, vague, and over-feeble for her years, tried to entertain me with conversation about painting. Having heard from her daughter that I might come to Shelkovka, she had hurriedly recalled two or three of my landscapes which she had seen in exhibitions in Moscow, and now asked what I meant to express by them.
  1917, Anton Chekhov, translated by Constance Garnett, The Darling and Other Stories‎, Project Gutenberg, published 9 September 2004, page 71