paints

[Paint]

Paint is a liquid, colored substance you can use to decorate or protect a surface. If you want your bedroom walls to be bright purple, you need to buy some purple paint.

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To cover with coloring matter; to apply paint to; as, to paint a house, a signboard, etc.

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

Noun
makeup consisting of a pink or red powder applied to the cheeks

Noun
(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 hit a jump shot from the top of the key"; "he dominates play in the paint"

Verb
apply paint to; coat with paint; "We painted the rooms yellow"

Verb
apply a liquid to; e.g., paint the gutters with linseed oil

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Verb
make a painting of; "He painted his mistress many times"

Verb
make a painting; "he painted all day in the garden"; "He painted a painting of the garden"


v. t.
To cover with coloring matter; to apply paint to; as, to paint a house, a signboard, etc.

v. t.
Fig.: To color, stain, or tinge; to adorn or beautify with colors; to diversify with colors.

v. t.
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.

v. t.
Fig.: To represent or exhibit to the mind; to describe vividly; to delineate; to image; to depict.

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

v. t.
To color one's face by way of beautifying it.

n.
A pigment or coloring substance.

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

n.
A cosmetic; rouge.


Paint

Paint , v. t. [imp. & p. p. Painted; p. pr. & vb. n. Painting.] [OE. peinten, fr. F. peint, p. p. o peindre to paint, fr. L. pingere, pictum; cf. Gr. many-colored, Skr. pic to adorn. Cf. Depict, Picture, Pigment, Pint.] 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.
Disloyal? The word is too good to paint out her wickedness.
If folly grow romantic, I must paint it.
Syn. -- To color; picture; depict; portray; delineate; sketch; draw; describe.

Paint

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.

Paint

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. Praed.

To cover with coloring matter; to apply paint to; as, to paint a house, a signboard, etc.

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

A pigment or coloring substance.

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Usage Examples

At 13, when I was a runaway, I was taken in by the most amazing drag queens in Portland, Ore. We didn't always know where our next meal was coming from, but there was so much camaraderie and love. Not to mention, those girls could paint a face, and I learned how because of them.

A writer should write with his eyes and a painter paint with his ears.

All art is exorcism. I paint dreams and visions too the dreams and visions of my time. Painting is the effort to produce order order in yourself. There is much chaos in me, much chaos in our time.

Deals are my art form. Other people paint beautifully on canvas or write wonderful poetry. I like making deals, preferably big deals. That's how I get my kicks.

At some point in life the world's beauty becomes enough. You don't need to photograph, paint or even remember it. It is enough.

For, when with beauty we can virtue join, We paint the semblance of a form divine.

I always thought that one of the reasons why a painter likes especially to have other painters look at his or her work is the shared experience of having pushed paint around.

Artists need some kind of stimulating experience a lot of times, which crystallizes when you sing about it or paint it or sculpt it. You literally mold the experience the way you want. It's therapy.

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Other Usage Examples

For example, lead paint in old houses can be a greater threat to children's health than lead that may be under some industrial site where there are no children.

But what is Hope? Nothing but the paint on the face of Existence the least touch of truth rubs it off, and then we see what a hollow-cheeked harlot we have got hold of.

Concerning God, freewill and destiny: Of all that earth has been or yet may be, all that vain men imagine or believe, or hope can paint or suffering may achieve, we descanted.

But who can paint like Nature? Can imagination boast, amid its gay creation, hues like hers?

A painter paints his pictures on canvas. But musicians paint their pictures on silence. We provide the music, and you provide the silence.

For an Impressionist to paint from nature is not to paint the subject, but to realize sensations.

I always pet a dog with my left hand because if he bit me I'd still have my right hand to paint with.

For far too long we've allowed the other side to paint us as racist, as sexist, inhumane war mongers - well, today as a conservative black Republican and former solider, I'm here to set that record straight.

Be aware of wonder. Live a balanced life - learn some and think some and draw and paint and sing and dance and play and work every day some.

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