paint

Meanings

Plural: paints

Noun

• 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"
• (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 dominates play in the paint"
• makeup consisting of a pink or red powder applied to the cheeks
• A substance that is applied as a liquid or paste, and dries into a solid coating that protects or adds colour to an object or surface to which it has been applied.
• A set of containers or blocks of paint of different colors/colours, used for painting pictures.
• The free-throw lane, construed with the.
• Paintballs.
• Synonym of face card (king, queen, or jack).
• Graphics drawn using an input device, not scanned or generated.
• Makeup.
• Tattoo work.
• Any substance fixed with latex to harden it.
• The appearance of an object on a radar screen.

Verb

• make a painting
  • "he painted all day in the garden"
  • "He painted a painting of the garden"
• apply paint to; coat with paint
  • "We painted the rooms yellow"
• make a painting of
  • "He painted his mistress many times"
• apply a liquid to; e.g., paint the gutters with linseed oil
• To apply paint to.
• To apply in the manner that paint is applied.
• To apply with a brush in order to treat some body part.
• To cover (something) with spots of colour, like paint.
• To create (an image) with paints.
• To practise the art of painting pictures.
• To draw an element in a graphical user interface.
• To depict or portray.
• To color one's face by way of beautifying it.
• To detect (something) with radar.

Synonyms

blusher, face card, ink, key, pigment, rouge

Related Words

picture