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| an arrangement of five objects, as trees, in a square or rectangle, one at each corner and one in the middle. |
| a fool or simpleton; ninny. |
| paint (peɪnt) | |
| —n | |
| 1. | a substance used for decorating or protecting a surface, esp a mixture consisting of a solid pigment suspended in a liquid, that when applied to a surface dries to form a hard coating |
| 2. | a dry film of paint on a surface |
| 3. | the solid pigment of a paint before it is suspended in liquid |
| 4. | informal face make-up, such as rouge |
| 5. | short for greasepaint |
| —vb | |
| 6. | to make (a picture) of (a figure, landscape, etc) with paint applied to a surface such as canvas |
| 7. | to coat (a surface) with paint, as in decorating |
| 8. | (tr) to apply (liquid) onto (a surface): her mother painted the cut with antiseptic |
| 9. | (tr) to apply make-up onto (the face, lips, etc) |
| 10. | (tr) to describe vividly in words |
| 11. | informal paint the town red to celebrate uninhibitedly; go on a spree |
| [C13: from Old French peint painted, from peindre to paint, from Latin pingere to paint, adorn] | |
| 'painty | |
| —adj | |