¹paint

verb \ˈpānt\

: to cover (something) with paint : to put paint on (something)

: to make (a picture or design) by using paints

: to describe (someone or something) in a particular way

Full Definition of PAINT

transitive verb

a (1) : to apply color, pigment, or paint to (2) : to color with a cosmetic

b (1) : to apply with a movement resembling that used in painting (2) : to treat with a liquid by brushing or swabbing <paint the wound with iodine>

a (1) : to produce in lines and colors on a surface by applying pigments (2) : to depict by such lines and colors

b : to decorate, adorn, or variegate by applying lines and colors

c : to produce or evoke as if by painting <paints glowing pictures of the farm>

: to touch up or cover over by or as if by painting

: to depict as having specified or implied characteristics <paints them whiter than the evidence justifies — Oliver La Farge>

intransitive verb

: to practice the art of painting

: to use cosmetics

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Origin of PAINT

Middle English, from Anglo-French paint, peint, past participle of peindre, from Latin pingere to tattoo, embroider, paint; akin to Old English fāh variegated, Greek poikilos variegated, pikros sharp, bitter

First Known Use: 13th century

Related to PAINT

Synonyms: delineate, depict, draw, image, limn, describe, picture, portray, render, set out, sketch

Antonyms: decolorize

Rhymes with PAINT

faint, feint, plaint, quaint, saint, taint

²paint

noun

: a liquid that dries to form a thin colored layer when it is spread on a surface

: a layer of dried paint on a surface

Full Definition of PAINT

: the action of painting : something produced by painting

: makeup; especially : a cosmetic to add color

a (1) : a mixture of a pigment and a suitable liquid to form a closely adherent coating when spread on a surface in a thin coat (2) : the pigment used in this mixture especially when in the form of a cake <a box of paints>

b : an applied coating of paint

: a powerful muscular pinto having quarter horse or Thoroughbred ancestry; broadly : pinto —called also paint horse

: free throw lane

: computer-generated color design <a paint program>

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