Paint

[peɪnt] or [pent]

Definition

(noun.) 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; 'artists use `paint' and `pigment' interchangeably'.

(verb.) apply paint to; coat with paint; 'We painted the rooms yellow'.

(verb.) apply a liquid to; e.g., paint the gutters with linseed oil.

(verb.) make a painting of; 'He painted his mistress many times'.

(verb.) make a painting; 'he painted all day in the garden'; 'He painted a painting of the garden'.

Edited by Cary--From WordNet

Definition

(v. t.) To cover with coloring matter; to apply paint to; as, to paint a house, a signboard, etc.

(v. t.) Fig.: To color, stain, or tinge; to adorn or beautify with colors; to diversify with colors.

(v. t.) 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; as, to paint a portrait or a landscape.

(v. t.) Fig.: To represent or exhibit to the mind; to describe vividly; to delineate; to image; to depict.

(v. t.) To practice the art of painting; as, the artist paints well.

(v. t.) To color one's face by way of beautifying it.

(n.) A pigment or coloring substance.

(n.) The same prepared with a vehicle, as oil, water with gum, or the like, for application to a surface.

(n.) A cosmetic; rouge.

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Synonyms and Synonymous

v. a. [1]. Represent (by colors).[2]. Color (with a pigment), coat with paint.[3]. Depict, delineate, describe, sketch, portray, pencil, set forth.

n. Pigment, coloring matter.

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Synonyms and Antonyms

SYN:Color, tinge, tint, portray, represent, delineate, depict, sketch, describe

ANT:Daub, caricature, misportray, misrepresent, misdelineate, misdepict

Editor: Tracy

Definition

v.t. to cover over with colour: to represent in a coloured picture: to describe in words: to adorn.—v.i. to practise painting: to lay colours on the face to blush: (slang) to tipple.—n. a colouring substance: anything fixed with caoutchouc to harden it.—adj. Paint′able that may be painted.—ns. Paint′-box a box in which different paints are kept in compartments; Paint′-bridge a platform used by theatrical scene-painters in painting scenery; Paint′-brush a brush for putting on paint.—adj. Paint′ed covered with paint: ornamented with coloured figures: marked with bright colours.—ns. Paint′ed-grass ribbon-grass; Paint′ed-lā′dy the thistle-butterfly orange-red spotted with white and black; Paint′er one whose employment is to paint: one skilled in painting; Paint′er's-col′ic lead colic; Paint′er-stain′er one who paints coats of arms &c.; Paint′iness; Paint′ing the act or employment of laying on colours: the act of representing objects by colours: a picture: vivid description in words; Paint′ūre (Dryden) the art of painting: a picture.—adj. Paint′y overloaded with paint with the colours too glaringly used: smeared with paint.—Paint the town red (U.S.) to break out in a boisterous spree.

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