"impasto" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: impastos [plural]
Etymology: Borrowed from Italian impasto. Etymology templates: {{bor+|en|it|impasto}} Borrowed from Italian impasto Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} impasto (countable and uncountable, plural impastos)
  1. (painting) The use of a thick-bodied paint to create peaks and crests that physically extend from the surface of a painting. Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (topical): Painting Derived forms: impastoed Related terms: pastose Translations (the use of a thick-bodied paint to create sizable peaks and crests in an image): импа́сто (impásto) (Russian)
    Sense id: en-impasto-en-noun-Fn~KZoX5 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Terms with Russian translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 76 24 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 68 32 Disambiguation of Terms with Russian translations: 75 25

Verb

Forms: impastoes [present, singular, third-person], impastoing [participle, present], impastoed [participle, past], impastoed [past]
Etymology: Borrowed from Italian impasto. Etymology templates: {{bor+|en|it|impasto}} Borrowed from Italian impasto Head templates: {{en-verb|impastoes|impastoing|impastoed}} impasto (third-person singular simple present impastoes, present participle impastoing, simple past and past participle impastoed)
  1. (painting) To paint in thick-bodied paint; to paint in impasto style. Categories (topical): Painting
    Sense id: en-impasto-en-verb-gvzg~HAC

Inflected forms

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