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   Paint

   /pānt/

   

   noun

   • 1. a colored substance which is spread over a surface and dries to leave a thin decorative or protective coating: "a can of paint"
   • ▪ an act of covering something with paint: "it looked in need of a good paint"
   • ▪ cosmetic makeup: informal "one has false curls, another too much paint"
   • ▪ the function or capability of producing graphics, especially those that mimic the effect of real paint: "a paint program"
   • 2. a piebald horse: North American "a paint mare"
   • 3. the rectangular area marked near the basket at each end of the court; the foul lane: "the two players jostled in the paint"

   verb

   • 1. cover the surface of (something) with paint, as decoration or protection: "the ceiling was painted dark gray" Similar colorapply paint todecoratetintdyestaindistemperwhitewashemulsionglosssprayspray-paintairbrushrollercoatcoverdaubsmearplastersprayspray-paintairbrush
   • ▪ apply cosmetics to (the face or skin): "she couldn't have been more than fourteen but her face was thickly painted"
   • ▪ apply (a liquid) to a surface with a brush.
   • 2. depict (someone or something) or produce (a picture) with paint: "I painted a woman sitting next to a table lamp" Similar portraypicturepaint a picture ofdepictdelineatedrawsketchrepresentcatch (a likeness of)reproduceillustraterender
   • ▪ give a description of (someone or something): "I'm painted as some nut case living in the woods" Similar tellrecountnarrateset forth/outoutlinesketchdetailunfolddescribedepictcharacterizeevokeconjure up
   • ▪ create (a graphic or screen display) using a paint program: "the program enables you to paint images on your screen"
   • 3. display a mark representing (an aircraft or vehicle) on a radar screen: "flying behind hills lessens the enemy's ability to paint you with radar"

   Word Origin Middle English: from peint ‘painted’, past participle of Old French peindre, from Latin pingere ‘to paint’.

   Derivatives

   • 1. paintable adjective
   • 2. painty adjective

   Scrabble Points: 7

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