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Definition of Paint

1. Verb. Make a painting. "Sam and Sue Paint"; "He painted a painting of the garden"

2. 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"

3. Verb. Apply paint to; coat with paint. "They want to Paint the doors"; "We painted the rooms yellow"

4. Noun. (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. "He dominates play in the paint"

5. Verb. Make a painting of. "Sam cannot Paint Sue "; "He painted his mistress many times"

6. Noun. Makeup consisting of a pink or red powder applied to the cheeks.

7. Verb. Apply a liquid to; e.g., paint the gutters with linseed oil. "The men Paint the boat "

Definition of Paint

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

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

3. n. A pigment or coloring substance.

Definition of Paint

1. Noun. a Paint Horse ¹

2. 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. ¹

3. Noun. (context: in the plural) A set of containers or blocks of paint of different colors/colours, used for painting pictures. ¹

4. Noun. (basketball slang) The free-throw lane, ''construed with ''the''.'' ¹

5. Noun. (uncountable paintball slang) Paintballs. ¹

6. Noun. (poker slang) A face card (king, queen, or jack). ¹

7. Noun. (computing attributive) Graphics drawn using an input device, not scanned or generated. ¹

8. Verb. (transitive) To apply paint to ¹

9. Verb. (transitive) To apply in the manner that paint is applied ¹

10. Verb. (transitive) To create an image with paints ¹

11. Verb. (intransitive) To practise the art of painting pictures ¹

12. Verb. (transitive computing) To draw an element in a graphical user interface. ¹

13. Verb. (transitive figuratively) To depict or portray. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Paint

1. to make a representation of with paints (coloring substances) [v -ED, -ING, -S]

Medical Definition of Paint

1. 1. To cover with colouring matter; to apply paint to; as, to paint a house, a signboard, etc. "Jezebel painted her face and tired her head." (2 Kings ix. 30) 2. To colour, stain, or tinge; to adorn or beautify with colours; to diversify with colours. "Not painted with the crimson spots of blood." (Shak) "Cuckoo buds of yellow hue Do paint the meadows with delight." (Shak) 3. To form in colours a figure or likeness of on a flat surface, as upon canvas; to represent by means of colours or hues; to exhibit in a tinted image; to portray with paints; as, to paint a portrait or a landscape. 4. To represent or exhibit to the mind; to describe vividly; to delineate; to image; to depict. "Disloyal? The word is too good to paint out her wickedness." (Shak) "If folly grow romantic, I must paint it." (Pope) Synonym: To colour, picture, depict, portray, delineate, sketch, draw, describe. Origin: OE. Peinten, fr. F. Peint, p. P. O peindre to paint, fr. L. Pingere, pictum; cf. Gr. Many-coloured, Skr. Pic to adorn. Cf. Depict, Picture, Pigment, Pint. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Paint

pains pains au chocolat pains in the bum painslut painsluts painstaken painstakenly painstaker painstakers painstaking

painstakingly painstakingness painstakings painsworthy paint paint-billed crake paint-billed crakes paint-by-numbers paint a picture paint by numbers

paint leaf paint oneself into a corner paint out paint roller paint the lily paint the town paint the town red paint the wagon paint with a broad brush

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