n.
1. paint, coating
2. pigment
3. coatings, layers of paint
4. make-up
4.
5. paintings
6. oils (used by actors in performances)
7. colors; decorations; finishes
vt. & vi.
1. to draw; paint
vt.
1. to apply paint [varnish] to
2. to smear , apply
3. to depict, describe
4. to apply make-up to (nails, lips, etc.); to dye (nails); to apply (lipstick) noun n.
1. paint, coating
Don't touch the door; the paint is wet.
Don't touch the door, the paint is not dry.
If workmen breathed in the fine paint spray, their lungs would be damaged.
2. paints
I left my paints at home.
I forgot my paints at home.
3. coating, layer of paint
The sulphuric acid ate into the parts of the metal where the coat of paint had peeled.
The sulphuric acid corroded the places where the coating had peeled off on this piece of metal.
4. Makeup
That girl wears far too much paint.
That girl wears too much makeup.
5. paintings
6. oils (used by actors in their performances)
7. colors; decorations; trimmings
transitive verb vt. & intransitive verb vi.
1. drawing; painting
The little girl paints nicely in watercolours.
The little girl paints nicely in watercolours.
He painted this picture.
He painted this picture.
He is painting her a picture.
He is painting her.
She painted a beautiful portrait for us.
She painted a beautiful portrait for us.
The artist painted her strolling her garden.
Animate verb vt.
1. to coat [paint] on ...
When will you paint the wall?
When will you paint the wall?
I painted the door a bright color.
I painted the door a bright color.
They have painted the table red.
They painted the table red.
2. paint, apply
Taking out her lipstick, she began to paint her lips.
She took out her lipstick, and began to paint her lips.
She painted herself thick and ugly.
She powdered her face thick and ugly.
3. portray, describe
The writer paints a vivid picture of his early life.
The writer paints a vivid picture of his early life.
A lot of propaganda has painted him as bad.
A lot of propaganda has painted him as bad.
They painted him to be indecisive, negative, and selfish.
He was painted as an indecisive, negative, and selfish man.
I know you dislike him, but you paint him too black.
I know you hate him, but you paint him too black.
His imagination paints himself hovering in the sky.
He imagines himself flying in the sky.
4. to apply makeup to (nails, lips, etc.); to dye (nails); to apply (lipstick)