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paintable
paint P0015200 (pānt)n.1. a. A liquid mixture, usually of a solid pigment in a liquid vehicle, used as a decorative or protective coating.b. The thin dry film formed by such a mixture when applied to a surface.c. The solid pigment before it is mixed with a vehicle.2. A cosmetic, such as rouge, that is used to give color to the face; makeup.3. Basketball The free throw lane.4. A Paint horse.5. Slang The face cards in a deck of cards: I haven't seen any paint for the last ten hands.v. paint·ed, paint·ing, paints v.tr.1. To make (a picture) with paints.2. a. To represent in a picture with paints.b. To depict vividly in words.3. To coat or decorate with paint: paint a house.4. To apply cosmetics to.5. To apply medicine to; swab: paint a wound.6. To shine a laser beam on, especially in order to designate a target for laser-guided munitions.v.intr.1. To practice the art of painting pictures.2. To cover something with paint.3. To apply cosmetics to oneself: "Let her paint an inch thick, to this favor she must come" (Shakespeare).4. To serve as a surface to be coated with paint: These nonporous surfaces paint badly with a brush.Idioms: paint the black Baseball To throw a pitched ball over the edge of home plate for a strike. paint the town red Slang To go on a spree.
[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.]
paint′a·bil′i·ty n.paint′a·ble adj.paintable (ˈpeɪntəbəl) adjeasily paintedThesaurus| Adj. | 1. | paintable - lending itself to being painted; "a highly paintable landscape"; "made of sturdy eminently paintable wood"unpaintable - not paintable especially not suitable for artistic representation on canvas; "the inexpressible, unpaintable `tick' in the unconscious" |
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