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

rouge, blusher, blush

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

1

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

2

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”

3

(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

1

make a painting“he painted all day in the garden”

2

apply paint to; coat with paint“We painted the rooms yellow”

3

make a painting of“He painted his mistress many times”

4

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

one syllable

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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