mural

/ˈmjʊɹəl/

adj 2noun 1verb 1

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(noun.)

ADJ

giant, huge, large-scale | painted

VERB + MURAL

create, produce | paint | design

MURAL + VERB

depict sth, show sth

The colorful murals on the school building show scenes from the city's history.

Definitions

noun

A large painting, usually drawn on a wall.

adj

Of or relating to a wall; on, or in, or against a wall.

a mural quadrant

Disburd’nd Heav’n rejoic’d, and soon repaird / Her mural breach, returning whence it rowld.

Resembling a wall; perpendicular or steep.

a mural precipice

Soon the swift horses drew this fair god and goddess nigh the wooded hills, whose distant blue, now changed into a variously-shaded green, stood before them like old Babylonian walls, overgrown with verdure; while here and there, at regular intervals, the scattered peaks seemed mural towers; […]

verb

To create a mural.

Today savvy operators and designers are stenciling, streaking, stippling, spattering, sponging, mirroring, muraling and marbleizing their way to wonderful walls.

Its walls were devoutly muraled by artists from the John Reed Club, a Communist-controlled cultural organization.

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a mural quadrant

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Disburd’nd Heav’n rejoic’d, and soon repaird / Her mural breach, returning whence it rowld.

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[Y]et in the Nectarine and like delicate Mural-fruit, the later your Pruning, the better, [...]

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Today savvy operators and designers are stenciling, streaking, stippling, spattering, sponging, mirroring, muraling and marbleizing their way to wonderful walls.

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Its walls were devoutly muraled by artists from the John Reed Club, a Communist-controlled cultural organization.

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Is that a mural of the building it's painted on?

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