paint

noun

1. 1

   A substance that is applied as a liquid or paste, and dries into a solid coating that protects or adds colour to an object or surface to which it has been applied.

   fresh coat of paint

2. 2

   A set of containers or blocks of paint of different colors/colours, used for painting pictures.

   René went back into the kitchen and put a pot of coffee on, got out his paints and started on a new painting. He felt inspired.

3. 3

   slangThe free-throw lane, construed with the.

   The Nimrods are strong on the outside, but not very good in the paint.

   Early on it was the Bulldogs who were clearly the aggressors, playing hard in the paint and getting baskets with muscle more than with their shooting prowess.

   Isaiah Thomas is very clever, very crafty getting to the paint and finishing in the paint.

   In Game 3, they re-focused on protecting the paint and transition defense. The Cavs scored 106 points in the paint in the first two games and just 20 in Game 3.

4. 4

   slangPaintballs.

   I am running low on paint for my marker.

5. 5

   slangSynonym of face card (king, queen, or jack).

6. 6

   Graphics drawn using an input device, not scanned or generated.

   It combines traditional paint capabilities with photograph enhancement features.

   Computer paint software operates similarly but adds features that are delightfully familiar and useful to artists trained in traditional graphics materials.

   If using a paint package, you must specify the color before you draw the line or shape.

7. 7

   Makeup.

   They were as plain and homely as a table-top dancer when the rains had wiped the paint and powder from her face.

8. 8

   slangTattoo work.

9. 9

   datedAny substance fixed with latex to harden it.

10. 10

    The appearance of an object on a radar screen.

    Smaller target paints would also be preferred to those displayed on the existing DFTI.

verb

1. 1

   To apply paint to.

   I painted the bathroom walls light blue, and I painted the ceiling white.

   The half-dozen pieces […] were painted white and carved with festoons of flowers, birds and cupids. To display them the walls had been tinted a vivid blue which had now faded, but the carpet, which had evidently been stored and recently relaid, retained its original turquoise.

   I see a red door and I want it painted black / No colors anymore, I want them to turn black / I see the girls walk by dressed in their summer clothes / I have to turn my head until my darkness goes / I see a line of cars and they're all painted black / With flowers and my love both never to come back

2. 2

   To apply in the manner that paint is applied.

3. 3

   To apply with a brush in order to treat some body part.

4. 4

   To cover (something) with spots of colour, like paint.

   not painted with the crimson spots of blood

   Cuckoo buds of yellow hue / Do paint the meadows with delight.

5. 5

   To create (an image) with paints.

   to paint a portrait or a landscape

6. 6

   To practise the art of painting pictures.

   I've been painting since I was a young child.

7. 7

   To draw an element in a graphical user interface.

   Sent to a minimized window when the icon's background must be filled before it is painted.

8. 8

   figurativeTo depict or portray.

   She sued the author of the biography, claiming it painted her as a duplicitous fraud.

   Disloyal? / The word is too good to paint out her wickedness.

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   During defense openings, Bankman-Fried’s lawyer painted him as a “nerd” who tried to do the right thing but was overwhelmed with a fast-growing company.

9. 9

   To color one's face by way of beautifying it.

   Let her paint an inch thick.

10. 10

    slangTo detect (something) with radar.

    "We'll paint the target for the flyboys," the JTAC said.

    The Albuquerque radar “painted” just one object whenever the light was on, none when it was off.

11. 11

    slangTo defecate or soil with faeces during anal sex.

Forms

plural

paints

past tense

painted

past participle

painted

present participle

painting

third person singular

paints