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   paint

   /peɪnt/

   noun

   • 1. a coloured substance which is spread over a surface and dries to leave a thin decorative or protective coating: "a tin of paint"
   • ▪ an act of painting something: "the house looked in need of a good paint"
   • ▪ cosmetic make-up: informal "one has false curls, another too much paint"
   • ▪ the function or capability of producing graphics, especially those that mimic the effect of real paint: "a paint program"
   • 2. a piebald horse: North American "a paint mare"
   • 3. the rectangular area marked near the basket at each end of the court: "the two players jostled in the paint"

   verb

   • 1. cover the surface of (something) with paint: "the ceiling was painted dark grey" Similar colourapply paint todecoratetintdyestaindistemperwhitewashemulsionglosssprayspray-paintairbrushrollercoatcoverdaubsmearplastersprayspray-paintairbrush
   • ▪ apply cosmetics to (the skin): "she couldn't have been more than fourteen but her face was thickly painted"
   • ▪ apply (a liquid) to a surface with a brush.
   • 2. depict (someone or something) or produce (a picture) with paint: "I painted a woman sitting next to a table lamp" Similar portraypicturepaint a picture ofdepictdelineatedrawsketchrepresentcatch (a likeness of)reproduceillustraterender
   • ▪ give a description of: "the city is not as bad as it is painted" Similar tellrecountnarrateset forth/outoutlinesketchdetailunfolddescribedepictcharacterizeevokeconjure up
   • ▪ create (a graphic or screen display) using a paint program: "the program enables you to paint images on your screen"
   • 3. display a mark representing (an aircraft or vehicle) on a radar screen: "flying behind hills lessens the enemy's ability to paint you with radar"

   Word Origin Middle English: from peint ‘painted’, past participle of Old French peindre, from Latin pingere ‘to paint’.

   Derivatives

   • 1. paintable adjective
   • 2. painty adjective

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   What does Peint mean in English?

   • Middle English, from Anglo-French paint, peint, past participle of peindre, from Latin pingere to tattoo, embroider, paint; akin to Old English fāh variegated, Greek poikilos variegated, pikros sharp, bitter 13th century, in the meaning defined at transitive sense 1a (1) 13th century, in the meaning defined at sense 3 “Paint.”

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