/peɪnt/, /pɛjɳʈ/, /peɳʈ/
OriginFrom Middle English peynten, from Old French peintier, paincter, itself from paint, the past participle of paindre, from Latin pingō (“to paint”) (perfect passive participle pictus). Displaced native Old English tēafor (“paint”), *tīefran (“to paint”); and Old English mētan (“to paint”) and mǣlan (“to paint, mark with colour”).
- countable, uncountableA 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.
- countable, in-plural, uncountableA set of containers or blocks of paint of different colors/colours, used for painting pictures.
“René went back into the kitchen and put a pot of coffee on, got out his paints and started on a new painting. He felt inspired.”
- countable, slang, uncountableThe free-throw lane, construed with the.
“The Nimrods are strong on the outside, but not very good in the paint.”
“Early on it was the Bulldogs who were clearly the aggressors, playing hard in the paint and getting baskets with muscle more than with their shooting prowess.”
“Isaiah Thomas is very clever, very crafty getting to the paint and finishing in the paint.”
- slang, uncountablePaintballs.
“I am running low on paint for my marker.”
- countable, slang, uncountableSynonym of face card (king, queen, or jack).
- attributive, countable, uncountableGraphics drawn using an input device, not scanned or generated.
“It combines traditional paint capabilities with photograph enhancement features.”
“Computer paint software operates similarly but adds features that are delightfully familiar and useful to artists trained in traditional graphics materials.”
“If using a paint package, you must specify the color before you draw the line or shape.”
- uncountableMakeup.
“They were as plain and homely as a table-top dancer when the rains had wiped the paint and powder from her face.”
- slang, uncountableTattoo work.
- countable, dated, uncountableAny substance fixed with latex to harden it.
- countable, uncountableThe appearance of an object on a radar screen.
“Smaller target paints would also be preferred to those displayed on the existing DFTI.”
- A paint horse.
- transitiveTo apply paint to.
“I painted the bathroom walls light blue, and I painted the ceiling white.”
“The half-dozen pieces […] were painted white and carved with festoons of flowers, birds and cupids. To display them the walls had been tinted a vivid blue which had now faded, but the carpet, which ha”
- transitiveTo apply in the manner that paint is applied.
- transitiveTo apply with a brush in order to treat some body part.
- transitiveTo cover (something) with spots of colour, like paint.
“not painted with the crimson spots of blood”
“Cuckoo buds of yellow hue / Do paint the meadows with delight.”
- transitiveTo create (an image) with paints.
“to paint a portrait or a landscape”
- intransitiveTo practise the art of painting pictures.
“I've been painting since I was a young child.”
- transitiveTo draw an element in a graphical user interface.
“Sent to a minimized window when the icon's background must be filled before it is painted.”
- figuratively, transitiveTo depict or portray.
“She sued the author of the biography, claiming it painted her as a duplicitous fraud.”
“Disloyal? / The word is too good to paint out her wickedness.”
“VVhether the Charmer ſinner it, or ſaint it, / VVhen Folly grovvs romantic, vve muſt paint it.”
- intransitiveTo color one's face by way of beautifying it.
“Let her paint an inch thick.”
- slang, transitiveTo detect (something) with radar.
“"We'll paint the target for the flyboys," the JTAC said.”
“The Albuquerque radar “painted” just one object whenever the light was on, none when it was off.”
- slang, transitiveTo defecate or soil with faeces during anal sex.
Formspaints(plural) · paints(present, singular, third-person) · painting(participle, present) · painted(participle, past) · painted(past) · Paints(plural)