- paint
- [[t]pe͟ɪnt[/t]]
♦♦paints, painting, painted1) N-MASS Paint is a coloured liquid that you put onto a surface with a brush in order to protect the surface or to make it look nice, or that you use to produce a picture.
...a pot of red paint...
They saw some large letters in white paint.
...water-based artist's paints.
2) N-SING: the N On a wall or object, the paint is the covering of dried paint on it.The paint was peeling on the window frames...
They'll probably scrape the paint off and make it look like a regular patrol car.
3) VERB If you paint a wall or an object, you cover it with paint.[V n] They started to mend the woodwork and paint the walls...
[V n colour] I made a guitar and painted it red.
[V-ed] ...painted furniture. [Also V]
4) VERB If you paint something or paint a picture of it, you produce a picture of it using paint.[V n] He is painting a huge volcano...
[V n] Why do people paint pictures?...
I had come here to paint.
5) VERB When you paint a design or message on a surface, you put it on the surface using paint.[V n prep] ...a machine for painting white lines down roads...
[V n prep] They went around painting rude slogans on cars...
[V-ed] The recesses are decorated with gold stars, with smaller stars painted along the edges.
6) VERB If a woman paints her lips or nails, she puts a coloured cosmetic on them.[V n] She propped the mirror against her handbag and began to paint her lips...
[V n colour] She painted her fingernails bright red.
7) VERB If you paint a grim or vivid picture of something, you give a description of it that is grim or vivid.[V n] The report paints a grim picture of life there...
[V n] He went on to paint a rosy picture about how much has already been accomplished.
8) → See also , gloss paint, , poster paint, war paint
English dictionary. 2008.
