paint
[noun]
Synonyms:
- colouring, colour, dye, pigment, stain, tint
[verb]
Synonyms:
- depict, draw, picture, portray, represent, sketch
- coat, apply, colour, cover, daub

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I. paint¹ S2 W2 /peɪnt/ noun [uncountable]
[Word Family: noun: paint, painter, painting, repaint; verb: paint, repaint; adjective: painterly]

1. a liquid that you put on a surface, using a brush to make the surface a particular colour:
a can of blue paint
Wet paint (=used as a warning on signs when something has just been painted)
The whole house could do with a fresh coat of paint.
peeling/flaking paint (=old paint that is starting to come off the surface)
All this room needs is a lick of paint (=paint used to make a place more attractive).

2.
paints tubes or dry blocks of a coloured substance, used for painting pictures:
acrylic and oil paints

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II. paint² S2 W3 verb
[Word Family: noun: paint, painter, painting, repaint; verb: paint, repaint; adjective: painterly]
[Date: 1100-1200; Language: Old French; Origin: peint, past participle of peindre 'to paint', from Latin pingere]

1. [intransitive and transitive] to put paint on a surface:
The ceiling needs painting.
brightly painted houses
paint something (in) blue/red/green etc
We painted the door blue.
Paint the walls in a contrasting colour.
The living room was painted in pastel shades of pink and blue.

2. [intransitive and transitive] to make a picture, design etc using paint:
A white cross was painted on the door.
Turner is famous for painting landscapes.
paint in oils/watercolours etc (=paint using a particular type of paint)
He paints mainly in acrylics.

3. [transitive] to put a coloured substance on part of your face or body to make it different or more attractive:
The children’s faces were painted to look like animals.
She’d painted her toenails with red nail polish.

4. [transitive] to describe someone or something in a particular way
paint somebody/something as something
She’s often been painted as a tough businesswoman.
paint a grim/rosy/gloomy picture of somebody/something
Dickens painted a grim picture of Victorian life.
The article painted him in a bad light (=described him in a way that made him seem bad).

5. paint the town (red) informal to go out to bars, clubs etc to enjoy yourself
⇒ not be as black as you are painted at black¹(10)
paint something ↔ out phrasal verb
to cover part of a picture or sign with paint so that it can no longer be seen:
The name of the firm had been partially painted out.
paint over something phrasal verb
to cover a picture or surface with new paint:
Much of the original decoration was painted over.

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paint
noun
ADJ. thick | runny, thin | fresh | dry, wet | emulsion, enamel, gloss, matt, metallic, satin, spray | lead, lead-based, oil-based, water-based | acrylic, oil, poster an artist working with acrylic paints
QUANT. blob, speck, splash, spot Specks of paint found at the scene were found to match the accused's car.
coat I'll give the walls a fresh coat of paint.
layer The artist has used several layers of paint to create the stormy sky.
lick (informal) A lick of paint will do wonders for the room.
jar, pot, tube | box, set a set of watercolour paints
VERB + PAINT apply, put on, spray | daub with, spatter with, splash with | remove, scrape off, strip (off) | mix | dilute, thin
PAINT + VERB dry | blister, chip, crack, flake (off), peel Paint was peeling from the walls.
PAINT + NOUN brush (also paintbrush) | pot | manufacturer, shop | job We did a quick paint job on the car and hoped the damage wasn't noticeable.

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paint
verb
ADV. carefully | badly, crudely The walls had been painted very badly. a crudely painted human figure
beautifully, exquisitely | brightly, gaily the cheerful, brightly painted doors
garishly, gaudily
PREP. in an artist who usually paints in oils
on I like to paint on canvas.
with Paint the box all over with varnish.
PHRASES freshly/newly painted, paint sth blue, white, etc. We painted the walls light green.

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paint

a can/tin/pot of paint
He had spilt a can of paint on the floor.
a tube of paint
There was a painting on one of the easels and a table with his brushes and tubes of paint.
a layer of paint
They removed the old layers of paint.
a coat of paint (=a layer of paint that is put on something)
Walls usually need at least two coats of paint.
a lick of paint informal (=a layer of paint used to make something more attractive)
All she needed to do to the kitchen was give it a lick of paint.
white/red/blue etc
I decided to use white paint throughout the house.
wet
Careful – the paint is still wet.
dry
Remove the tape when the paint is dry.
fresh (=new - used especially about the smell of new paint)
The place smelled of fresh paint and new carpets.
peeling/flaking paint (=starting to come off a surface because it is old)
She lived in a gloomy old building with peeling paint on the walls.
put paint on something
Don’t put the paint on too thick.
apply paint formal
Clean the surface before applying the paint with a brush or roller.
spray paint (=send paint out from a container in a stream of very small drops)
Vandals had sprayed paint all over the walls.
strip paint (=remove all the paint from a surface)
We decided to strip the paint off the doors.
scrape off/away paint (=take most of the paint off a surface using a tool)
Scrape off any loose or flaking paint and rub the surface with sandpaper.
paint dries
Wait for the paint to dry.
paint peels/flakes
The paint was starting to peel off the window frame.

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