paint
/pˈeɪnt/noun, verb1 syllable
Paint means: makeup consisting of a pink or red powder applied to the cheeks.
Synonyms for paint5
noun, as in 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, as in (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
What does paint mean?7
noun
makeup consisting of a pink or red powder applied to the cheeks
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“artists use ‘paint’ and ‘pigment’ interchangeably”
(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”
verb
make a painting“he painted all day in the garden”
apply paint to; coat with paint“We painted the rooms yellow”
make a painting of“He painted his mistress many times”
apply a liquid to; e.g., paint the gutters with linseed oil
Definitions from the Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
What rhymes with paint?7
Paint in a sentence
- To paint a bird, start by painting a cage with an open door.FeuDRenais
- He does not paint the walls, but wallpapers them.unknown
- Janne didn't bother even to paint, though he usually liked it a lot.Ketutar
- The paint was a little hard, so it had to be stirred.GPHemsley
- Their faces looked inhuman, covered with scarlet and black paint.vvv123
- Tomorrow, you are going to paint the fence.PvtMarc
- You can paint a flower, but what about it's odor?Eccles17
- There's wet paint on the walls, so don't lean on anything.marcelostockle
Sentences from Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR, credited to their authors.
Forms of paint
as a noun
- plural
- paints
as a verb
- past tense
- painted
- present participle
- painting
- third-person singular
- paints