Paint

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  • noun. undefined
  • noun. A liquid mixture, usually of a solid pigment in a liquid vehicle, used as a decorative or protective coating.
  • noun. The thin dry film formed by such a mixture when applied to a surface.
  • noun. The solid pigment before it is mixed with a vehicle.
  • noun. A cosmetic, such as rouge, that is used to give color to the face; makeup.
  • noun. The free throw lane.
  • noun. A Paint horse.
  • noun. The face cards in a deck of cards.
  • intransitive verb. To make (a picture) with paints.
  • intransitive verb. undefined
  • intransitive verb. To represent in a picture with paints.
  • intransitive verb. To depict vividly in words.
  • intransitive verb. To coat or decorate with paint.
  • intransitive verb. To apply cosmetics to.
  • intransitive verb. To apply medicine to; swab.
  • intransitive verb. To shine a laser beam on, especially in order to designate a target for laser-guided munitions.
  • intransitive verb. To practice the art of painting pictures.
  • intransitive verb. To cover something with paint.
  • intransitive verb. To apply cosmetics to oneself.
  • intransitive verb. To serve as a surface to be coated with paint.
  • idiom. (paint the black) To throw a pitched ball over the edge of home plate for a strike.
  • idiom. (paint the town red) To go on a spree.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • noun. A substance used in painting, composed of a dry coloring material intimately mixed with a liquid vehicle.
  • noun. Color laid on the face; rouge.
  • noun. In rubber-manuf., any substance fixed with caoutchouc in the process of manufacture, for the purpose of hardening it. Various materials are employed, such as whiting, plaster of Paris, sulphate of zinc, lampblack, pitch, etc.
  • noun. The yellow Indian paint, Hydrastis Canadensis, the yellow puccoon, or yellowroot.
  • noun. An abbreviation of painting.
  • To coat or cover with a color or colors; color or cover with a paint or pigment.
  • To depict or delineate in colors or paints of any kind, usually on a prepared surface; represent in colors; represent in a picture: as, to paint a landscape or a portrait; to paint a battlescene; also, to execute in colors: as, to paint a picture.
  • Figuratively, to delineate, depict, or describe in words; present vividly to the mind's eye; set forth or represent as in a picture: formerly with out: as, to paint the joys of heaven.
  • To color, deck, decorate, or diversify; ornament; adorn.
  • To erase or blot out by covering with pigments: as, to paint out an unsatisfactory picture.
  • To practise painting; use pigments in depicting faces, scenes, etc.
  • To lay artificial color on the face, usually with the view of beautifying it; hence, to blush.
  • To indulge in strong drink; drink.
  • To counterfeit; disguise.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • transitive verb. To practice the art of painting.
  • transitive verb. To color one's face by way of beautifying it.
  • noun. undefined
  • noun. A pigment or coloring substance.
  • noun. The same prepared with a vehicle, as oil, water with gum, or the like, for application to a surface.
  • noun. A cosmetic; rouge.
  • transitive verb. To cover with coloring matter; to apply paint to
  • transitive verb. To color, stain, or tinge; to adorn or beautify with colors; to diversify with colors.
  • transitive verb. To form in colors a figure or likeness of on a flat surface, as upon canvas; to represent by means of colors or hues; to exhibit in a tinted image; to portray with paints.
  • transitive verb. To represent or exhibit to the mind; to describe vividly; to delineate; to image; to depict.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • noun. A substance that is applied as a liquid or paste, and dries into a solid coating that protects or adds color/colour to an object or surface to which it has been applied.
  • noun. A set of containers or blocks of paint of different colors/colours, used for painting pictures.
  • noun. The free-throw lane, construed with the.
  • noun. Paintballs.
  • Word Usage
    "There is no attempt at anything subtile or even delicate in the treatment, speaking from the point of view of a result achieved by paint on canvas, -- no texture, no difference of handling, no imitation; all is _paint_, admirably put on, for the effect across the room."
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    cover  makeup  space  war paint  
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    Art  cloth  clothe  color  design  
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    painted  painting  paints