transitive. To represent (an object, scene, etc.) or portray (a person or thing) on a surface, using paint or other colouring matter.

To paint or decorate with colours or painted figures; sometimes, to paint, colour (a surface).

transitive. ? To paint, polish.

transitive. To paint over, cover, or smear with paint or paintings; to paint obtrusively; to colour, tinge.

transitive. To apply (paint or colour) to a surface. Cf. superficialized, adj. 1. Obsolete. rare.

transitive. To paint again or in a different way (literal and figurative); (now) esp. to cover with a fresh coat of paint.

transitive. To paint over; to cover with another colour or layer of paint; to form such a layer over (something). Also figurative.

transitive. Frequently in to pass and repass. To paint over (a surface) again. Obsolete. rare.

transitive. To paint (something) with coloured distemper.

Painting. To paint or colour in distemper. See distemper, n.2

transitive. To spray again or a further time; esp. to spray (a car) with a new coat of paint.

Nautical. To apply paint to all appropriate parts of (a ship, deck, etc.). Cf. sense 2a.

transitive. To spray (an object, surface, etc.) with an aerosol; to paint or write (graffiti, etc.) with an aerosol spray.