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FINGER-PAINTING

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Dictionary entry overview: What does finger-painting mean?

• FINGER-PAINTING (noun)
The noun FINGER-PAINTING has 2 senses:

1. a painting produced by spreading paint with the fingers
2. painting by using the fingers to spread the paint

Familiarity information: FINGER-PAINTING used as a noun is rare.

Dictionary entry details

• FINGER-PAINTING (noun)

Sense 1

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Meaning:

A painting produced by spreading paint with the fingers

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Hypernyms ("finger-painting" is a kind of...):

painting; picture (graphic art consisting of an artistic composition made by applying paints to a surface)

Sense 2

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Meaning:

Painting by using the fingers to spread the paint

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Hypernyms ("finger-painting" is a kind of...):

painting (the act of applying paint to a surface)

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