paint /pānt/

1. To cover over with colouring matter
2. To represent in a coloured picture
3. To produce as a coloured picture
4. To apply with a brush
5. To apply anything to, with a brush
6. To describe or present as if by painting a picture (figurative)
7. To colour
8. To apply coloured cosmetics to
9. To adorn, diversify
10. To represent speciously or deceptively

1. To practise painting
2. To use coloured cosmetics on the face
3. To tipple (slang)

1. A colouring substance spread or for spreading on a surface
2. A cake of such matter
3. Coloured cosmetics
4. A piebald horse (US)

paintˈable adjective

Suitable for painting

paintˈed adjective

1. Covered with paint
2. Ornamented with coloured figures
3. Marked with bright colours
4. Feigned

paintˈer noun

1. Someone who paints
2. An artist in painting
3. A person whose occupation is painting
4. A house-decorator
5. A vivid describer

paintˈerly adjective

1. With the qualities of painting, as opposed to drawing, etc, ie with areas of colour rather than line or drawn detail
2. As if painted

paintˈiness noun

paintˈing noun

1. The act or employment of laying on colours
2. The act of representing objects by colours
3. A painted picture
4. Vivid description in words

paintˈress noun

1. Formerly, a woman artist who paints
2. A woman employed to paint pottery

paintˈūre noun (Dryden)

1. The art of painting
2. A picture

paintˈy adjective

1. Overloaded with paint, with the colours too glaringly used
2. Smeared with paint
3. Like paint, in smell, etc

paintˈball noun

1. (sometimes with cap) a type of war game where the ammunition used is paint fired from compressed-air guns
2. A paint-pellet as used in this

paintˈbox noun

A box in which different paints (for picture-painting) are kept in compartments

paintˈ-bridge noun

A platform used by theatrical scene-painters

paintˈbrush noun

1. A brush for putting on paint
2. The painted cup (see below)

painted cloth noun

A hanging of cloth painted with figures, a substitute for tapestry, formerly common in taverns

painted cup noun

A scrophulariaceous plant (genus Castilleja) with brightly-coloured upper leaves

painted grass noun

Striped canary-grass, gardener's garters

painted lady noun

1. The thistle butterfly, orange-red spotted with white and black
2. A painted woman (derogatory)
3. The painted cup
4. A parti-coloured pink, sweetpea, or gladiolus, etc

painted snipe noun

A genus (Rhynchaea) of birds related to the snipes, the hen brightly-coloured

painted woman noun (derogatory)

A trollop

painter's colic noun

Lead colic

paintˈer-stainˈer noun

A member of the London livery company of painters

paint job noun (informal)

An example or instance of painting, eg on a customized motor vehicle

paint roller noun

A roller used in house-painting, etc instead of a brush

paintˈ-strippˈer noun

A liquid containing a solvent or caustic ingredient, applied to a painted surface to remove the paint

paintˈwork noun

1. Painted fixtures in a building
2. Painted surfaces on a vehicle

paintˈworks singular noun

A paint-making factory

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