a substance composed of solid coloring matter suspended in a liquid medium and applied as a protective or decorative coating to various surfaces, or to canvas or other materials in producing a work of art.
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an application of this.
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the dried surface pigment: Don't scuff the paint.
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the solid coloring matter alone; pigment.
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facial cosmetics, esp. lipstick, rouge, etc., designed to heighten natural color.
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Chiefly Western U.S.a pied, calico, or spotted horse or pony; pinto.
–verb (used with object)
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to coat, cover, or decorate (something) with paint: to paint a fence.
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to produce (a picture, design, etc.) in paint: to paint a portrait.
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to represent in paint, as in oils, tempera, or watercolor: to paint an actress as the Muse of tragedy.
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to depict as if by painting; describe vividly in words: The ads painted the resort as a winter wonderland.
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to color by or as if by painting: Sunset painted the clouds pink.
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to apply a substance to, as a liquid medicine or a cosmetic: to paint a cut with iodine.
–verb (used without object)
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to coat or cover anything with paint.
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to engage in painting as an art: She has begun to paint in her spare time.
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to put on or use facial cosmetics.
—Idiom
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paint the town red, Informal. to celebrate boisterously, esp. by making a round of stops at bars and nightclubs. Also, paint the town.
[Origin: 1200–50; ME peinten (v.) < OF peint, ptp. of peindre < L pingere to paint; see picture]
To shine a laser beam on, especially in order to designate a target for laser-guided munitions.
v.
intr.
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.
[From Middle English painten, to paint, from Old French peintier, from peint, past participle of peindre, from Latin pingere; see peig- in Indo-European roots.]
c.1225 (implied in painting "result of applying paint"), from O.Fr. peinter, from peint, pp. of peindre "to paint," from L. pingere "to paint," from PIE base *pik-/*pig- "cut." Sense evolution between PIE and L. was, presumably, from "decorate with cut marks" to "decorate" to "decorate with color." Cf. Skt. pingah "reddish," pesalah "adorned, decorated, lovely," pimsati "hews out, cuts, carves, adorns;" O.C.S. pegu "variegated;" Gk. poikilos "variegated;" O.H.G. fehjan "to adorn;" O.C.S. pisati, Lith. piesiu "to write." Probably representing the "cutting" branch of the family are O.E. feol (see file (n.)); O.C.S. pila "file, saw," Lith. pela "file." The noun is from 1602. The verb meaning "to color with paint" (c.1250) is earlier than the artistic sense of "to make a picture of" (c.1290) and older than painting in the sense of "an artist's picture in paint" (c.1388); but painter is older in the sense of "artist who paints pictures" (1340) than in the sense of "workman who colors surfaces with paint" (c.1400); from O.Fr. peintour, from L. pictor, from pingere. As a surname, it is attested from 1240, but impossible to say which sense is meant. To paint the town (red) "go on a spree" first recorded 1884; to paint (someone or something) black "represent it as wicked or evil" is from 1596. Adj. paint-by-numbers "simple" is attested by 1970.
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"
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(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 hit a jump shot from the top of the key"; "he dominates play in the paint" [syn: key]
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makeup consisting of a pink or red powder applied to the cheeks [syn: rouge]
verb
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make a painting; "he painted all day in the garden"; "He painted a painting of the garden"
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apply paint to; coat with paint; "We painted the rooms yellow"
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make a painting of; "He painted his mistress many times"
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apply a liquid to; e.g., paint the gutters with linseed oil
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Paint\ (p[=a]nt), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Painted; p. pr. & vb. n. Painting.] [OE. peinten, fr. F. peint, p. p. of peindre to paint, fr. L. pingere, pictum; cf. Gr. poiki`los many-colored, Skr. pi[,c] to adorn. Cf. Depict, Picture, Pigment, Pint.]1. To cover with coloring 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. Fig.: To color, stain, or tinge; to adorn or beautify with colors; to diversify with colors. 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 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. 4. Fig.: 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. Syn: To color; picture; depict; portray; delineate; sketch; draw; describe.
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