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painting
A	noun
	1	painting, house painting
			the occupation of a house painter; "house painting was the only craft he knew"
		Category Tree: act; human action; human activity ╚activity ╚occupation; business; job; line of work; line ╚trade; craft ╚painting, house painting
	2	painting
			the act of applying paint to a surface; "you can finish the job of painting faster with a roller than with a brush"
		Category Tree: act; human action; human activity ╚activity ╚work ╚labor; labour; toil ╚manual labor; manual labour ╚application; coating; covering ╚painting ╚finger-painting ╚spatter; spattering; splash; splashing; splattering ╚spray painting
	3	painting
			creating a picture with paints; "he studied painting and sculpture for many years"
		Category Tree: act; human action; human activity ╚activity ╚creation; creative activity ╚art; artistic creation; artistic production ╚painting ╚oil painting ╚impasto ╚fresco ╚distemper
	4	painting, picture
			graphic art consisting of an artistic composition made by applying paints to a surface; "a small painting by Picasso"; "he bought the painting as an investment"; "his pictures hang in the Louvre"
		Category Tree: entity ╚object; physical object ╚artifact; artefact ╚creation ╚art; fine art ╚graphic art ╚painting, picture ╚monochrome ╚miniature; illumination ╚landscape ╚icon; ikon ╚finger-painting ╚distemper ╚daub ╚cityscape ╚abstraction