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Paint is defined as to cover with paint, to create a picture with paint, or to create an imaginary, colorful picture.

(verb)

An example of paint is to change the color of the wall from white to beige.
An example of paint is using water colors to create a picture of a tree.
An example of paint is reciting the poem of Jabberwocky.

Paint means a mixture of color used for creating art or changing the color of a surface.

(noun)

An example of paint is what Vincent Van Gogh used to create Starry Nights.
An example of paint is what a person would use to change the white walls in their house to yellow.

See paint in Webster's New World College Dictionary

transitive verb

1. to make (a picture, design, etc.) in colors applied to a surface
2. to depict or portray with paints: to paint a landscape
to describe colorfully or vividly; depict in words
to cover or decorate with paint; color: to paint a wall
to apply cosmetics to; adorn; beautify
1. to apply (a medicine, etc.) with a brush or swab
2. to treat (a wound, etc.) in this way

Origin: ME peinten < OFr peint, pp. of peindre < L pingere, to paint, embroider < IE base *peig-, to mark by scratching or coloring > Gr pikros, sharp, OE fah, stained

intransitive verb

to practice the art of painting pictures
Archaic to use cosmetics

noun

1. a mixture of a pigment with oil, water, etc., in liquid or paste form, applied as with a brush, roller, or spray gun, and used for protective covering or coloring of a surface or for making pictures on canvas, paper, etc.
2. dry pigment for such use
a dried coat of paint
1. coloring matter, such as lipstick, rouge, etc., used as a cosmetic
2. greasepaint
☆ Chiefly West pinto ()
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Origin: < the practice of painting the area in a contrasting color
Basketball, Informal free throw lane: with the

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paintable adjective

See paint in American Heritage Dictionary 4

noun

a. A liquid mixture, usually of a solid pigment in a liquid vehicle, used as a decorative or protective coating.
b. The thin dry film formed by such a mixture when applied to a surface.
c. The solid pigment before it is mixed with a vehicle.
A cosmetic, such as rouge, that is used to give color to the face; makeup.
See pinto.

verb paint·ed, paint·ing, paints

verb, transitive

To make (a picture) with paints.
a. To represent in a picture with paints.
b. To depict vividly in words.
To coat or decorate with paint: paint a house.
To apply cosmetics to.
To apply medicine to; swab: paint a wound.
To shine a laser beam on, especially in order to designate a target for laser-guided munitions.

verb, intransitive

To practice the art of painting pictures.
To cover something with paint.
To apply cosmetics to oneself: “Let her paint an inch thick, to this favor she must come” (Shakespeare).
To serve as a surface to be coated with paint: These nonporous surfaces paint badly with a brush.

Origin:

Origin: From Middle English painten, to paint

Origin: , from Old French peintier

Origin: , from peint

Origin: , past participle of peindre

Origin: , from Latin pingere; see peig- in Indo-European roots

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