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Paint
Definitions
- 1 A surname
- 1 A substance that is applied as a liquid or paste, and dries into a solid coating that protects or adds colour to an object or surface to which it has been applied. countable, uncountable
"fresh coat of paint"
- 2 A paint horse.
- 3 a substance used as a coating to protect or decorate a surface (especially a mixture of pigment suspended in a liquid); dries to form a hard coating wordnet
- 4 A set of containers or blocks of paint of different colors/colours, used for painting pictures. countable, in-plural, uncountable
"René went back into the kitchen and put a pot of coffee on, got out his paints and started on a new painting. He felt inspired."
- 5 makeup consisting of a pink or red powder applied to the cheeks wordnet
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- 6 The free-throw lane, construed with the. countable, slang, uncountable
"The Nimrods are strong on the outside, but not very good in the paint."
- 7 (basketball) a space (including the foul line) in front of the basket at each end of a basketball court; usually painted a different color from the rest of the court wordnet
- 8 Paintballs. slang, uncountable
"I am running low on paint for my marker."
- 9 Synonym of face card (king, queen, or jack). countable, slang, uncountable
- 10 Graphics drawn using an input device, not scanned or generated. attributive, countable, uncountable
"It combines traditional paint capabilities with photograph enhancement features."
- 11 Makeup. uncountable
"They were as plain and homely as a table-top dancer when the rains had wiped the paint and powder from her face."
- 12 Tattoo work. slang, uncountable
- 13 Any substance fixed with latex to harden it. countable, dated, uncountable
- 14 The appearance of an object on a radar screen. countable, uncountable
"Smaller target paints would also be preferred to those displayed on the existing DFTI."
- 1 To apply paint to. transitive
"I painted the bathroom walls light blue, and I painted the ceiling white."
- 2 apply paint to; coat with paint wordnet
- 3 To apply in the manner that paint is applied. transitive
- 4 apply a liquid to; e.g., paint the gutters with linseed oil wordnet
- 5 To apply with a brush in order to treat some body part. transitive
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- 6 make a painting of wordnet
- 7 To cover (something) with spots of colour, like paint. transitive
"not painted with the crimson spots of blood"
- 8 make a painting wordnet
- 9 To create (an image) with paints. transitive
"to paint a portrait or a landscape"
- 10 To practise the art of painting pictures. intransitive
"I've been painting since I was a young child."
- 11 To draw an element in a graphical user interface. transitive
"Sent to a minimized window when the icon's background must be filled before it is painted."
- 12 To depict or portray. figuratively, transitive
"She sued the author of the biography, claiming it painted her as a duplicitous fraud."
- 13 To color one's face by way of beautifying it. intransitive
"Let her paint an inch thick."
- 14 To detect (something) with radar. slang, transitive
""We'll paint the target for the flyboys," the JTAC said."
- 15 To defecate or soil with faeces during anal sex. slang, transitive
Etymology
From Middle English peynten, from Old French peintier, paincter, itself from paint, the past participle of paindre, from Latin pingō (“to paint”) (perfect passive participle pictus). Displaced native Old English tēafor (“paint”), *tīefran (“to paint”); and Old English mētan (“to paint”) and mǣlan (“to paint, mark with colour”).
From Middle English peynten, from Old French peintier, paincter, itself from paint, the past participle of paindre, from Latin pingō (“to paint”) (perfect passive participle pictus). Displaced native Old English tēafor (“paint”), *tīefran (“to paint”); and Old English mētan (“to paint”) and mǣlan (“to paint, mark with colour”).
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