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noun

Paint n.

1.

(a)

A pigment or coloring substance.

(b)

The same prepared with a vehicle, as oil, water with gum, or the like, for application to a surface.

2.

A cosmetic; rouge.

verb

Paint v. t. (past & past part. painted; pres. part. painting)

1.

To cover with coloring matter; to apply paint to; as, to paint a house, a signboard, etc. "Jezebel painted her face and tired her head."

2.

Fig.: To color, stain, or tinge; to adorn or beautify with colors; to diversify with colors. "Not painted with the crimson spots of blood." "Cuckoo buds of yellow hue Do paint the meadows with delight."

3.

To form in colors a figure or likeness of on a flat surface, as upon canvas; to represent by means of colors or hues; to exhibit in a tinted image; to portray with paints; as, to paint a portrait or a landscape.

4.

Fig.: To represent or exhibit to the mind; to describe vividly; to delineate; to image; to depict; as, to paint a political opponent as a traitor. "Disloyal? The word is too good to paint out her wickedness." "If folly grow romantic, I must paint it."

Synonyms: To color; picture; depict; portray; delineate; sketch; draw; describe.

Paint v. t.

1.

To practice the art of painting; as, the artist paints well.

2.

To color one's face by way of beautifying it. "Let her paint an inch thick."

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Etymology of 'Paint'

Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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"Paint" Quotes from Famous Books

... enough," objected Jim. "If only I can git an inspiration I'll fit him out like a barn with a bran'-new coat of paint." ...

— Bruvver Jim's Baby • Philip Verrill Mighels

... about what Si will do. He'll hear only one side of the story from Ben an' the gals, an' they'll paint it as black as they kin, ...

— The Unknown Wrestler • H. A. (Hiram Alfred) Cody

... dreadful sensation than to see its own jobs refused, and the jobs of another religion perpetually succeeding? I ask him his opinion of a jobless faith, of a creed which dooms a man through life to a lean and plunderless integrity. He knows that human nature cannot and will not bear it; and if we were to paint a political Tartarus, it would be an endless series of snug expectations and cruel disappointments. These are a few of many dreadful inconveniences which the Catholics of all ranks suffer from the laws by which they are at present oppressed. Besides, look at human nature: what is the ...

— Peter Plymley's Letters and Selected Essays • Sydney Smith

... of Hai-yun-tao. At 7 A.M. the fleet began steaming north-eastward. It was a fine autumn morning. The sun shone brightly, and there was only just enough of a breeze to ripple the surface of the water. The long line of warships cleaving their way through the blue waters, all bright with white paint, the chrysanthemum of Japan shining like a golden shield on every bow, and the same emblem flying in red and white from every masthead, formed a striking spectacle. Some miles away to port rose the rocky coast and ...

— A History of The Nations and Empires Involved and a Study - of the Events Culminating in The Great Conflict • Logan Marshall

... only before the most determined advocate of this odious traffic the exact image of himself in the garb and harness of a slave, dragged and whipped about like a beast: place this image also before him, and paint it as that of one without a ray of hope to cheer him; and you would extort from him the reluctant confession, that he would not endure for an hour the misery, to which he condemned his fellow-man for life. How dared ...

— The History of the Rise, Progress and Accomplishment of the Abolition of the African Slave Trade by the British Parliament (1808) • Thomas Clarkson

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