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Definition of " Paint " in English English Dictionary
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To cover with coloring matter; to apply paint to; as, to paint a house, a signboard, etc.
v. t.
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Fig.: To color, stain, or tinge; to adorn or beautify with colors; to diversify with colors.
v. t.
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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.
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Fig.: To represent or exhibit to the mind; to describe vividly; to delineate; to image; to depict.
v. t.
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To practice the art of painting; as, the artist paints well.
v. t.
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To color one's face by way of beautifying it.
v. t.
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A pigment or coloring substance.
n.
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The same prepared with a vehicle, as oil, water with gum, or the like, for application to a surface.
n.
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A cosmetic; rouge.
n.
Bepaint To paint; to cover or color with, or as with, paint. v. t.
Mispaint To paint ill, or wrongly. v. t.
Overpaint To color or describe too strongly. v. t.
Painted of Paint imp. & p. p.
Painting Hear the Pronunciation!
of Paint
p. pr. & vb. n.
Painted Covered or adorned with paint; portrayed in colors. a.
Painted Marked with bright colors; as, the painted turtle; painted bunting. a.
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A rope at the bow of a boat, used to fasten it to anything.
n.
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The panther, or puma.
n.
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One whose occupation is to paint
n.
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One who covers buildings, ships, ironwork, and the like, with paint.
n.
Painter Hear the Pronunciation!
An artist who represents objects or scenes in color on a flat surface, as canvas, plaster, or the like.
n.
Painterly Like a painter's work. a.
Paintership The state or position of being a painter. n.
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The act or employment of laying on, or adorning with, paints or colors.
n.
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The work of the painter; also, any work of art in which objects are represented in color on a flat surface; a colored representation of any object or scene; a picture.
n.
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Color laid on; paint.
n.
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A depicting by words; vivid representation in words.
n.
Paintless Not capable of being painted or described. a.
Painture The art of painting. v. t.
Painty Unskillfully painted, so that the painter's method of work is too obvious; also, having too much pigment applied to the surface. a.
Repaint To paint anew or again; as, to repaint a house; to repaint the ground of a picture. v. t.
Unpaint To remove the paint from; to efface, as a painting. v. t.
Depaint Painted. p. p.
Depainted of Depaint imp. & p. p.
Depainting of Depaint p. pr. & vb. n.
Depaint To paint; to picture; hence, to describe; to delineate in words; to depict. v. t.
Depaint To mark with, or as with, color; to color. v. t.
Depainter One who depaints. n.
Impaint To paint; to adorn with colors. v. t.