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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Middle English, borrowed from Old French peintier, paincter, itself from paint, the past participle of paindre, from Latin pingō (“to paint”) (perfect passive participle pictus).
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
paint (countable and uncountable, plural paints)
tubes of paint and a palette with paint on it
- A substance that is applied as a liquid or paste, and dries into a solid coating that protects or adds color/colour to an object or surface to which it has been applied.
- (in the plural) A set of containers or blocks of paint of different colors/colours, used for painting pictures.
- 2007, Jesse Guthrie, Catherine's Addiction, page 116:
- René went back into the kitchen and put a pot of coffee on, got out his paints and started on a new painting. He felt inspired.
- (basketball, slang) The free-throw lane, construed with the.
- The Nimrods are strong on the outside, but not very good in the paint.
- 2013 December 12, “JV Dogs suffer first loss, 47-41”, in Martinez (California) News-Gazette:
- Early on it was the Bulldogs who were clearly the aggressors, playing hard in the paint and getting baskets with muscle more than with their shooting prowess.
- 2016 April 20, “Hawks not giving Celtics anything in the paint”, in Comcast SportsNet New England:
- Isaiah Thomas is very clever, very crafty getting to the paint and finishing in the paint.
- 2016 May 22, “Renewed defensive strategy has Raptors alive in conference finals”, in USA TODAY:
- In Game 3, they re-focused on protecting the paint and transition defense. The Cavs scored 106 points in the paint in the first two games and just 20 in Game 3.
- (uncountable, paintball, slang) Paintballs.
- I am running low on paint for my marker.
- (poker, slang) A face card (king, queen, or jack).
- (computing, attributive) Graphics drawn using an input device, not scanned or generated.
- 1993, Emil Ihrig, CorelDRAW! 4 made easy:
- It combines traditional paint capabilities with photograph enhancement features.
- 1998, Kit Laybourne, The animation book: a complete guide to animated filmmaking:
- Computer paint software operates similarly but adds features that are delightfully familiar and useful to artists trained in traditional graphics materials.
- 2001, Maureen Sprankle, Problem Solving for Information Processing:
- If using a paint package, you must specify the color before you draw the line or shape.
- Makeup.
- 2012, Caleb Pirtle & Shelly Marshall, Other Voices, Other Towns: The Traveler's Story:
- They were as plain and homely as a table-top dancer when the rains had wiped the paint and powder from her face.
- (dated) Any substance fixed with latex to harden it.
Derived terms[edit]
Terms derived from the noun "paint"
Translations[edit]
substance
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paints: set of containers or blocks of paints of different colours
References[edit]
- Weisenberg, Michael (2000) The Official Dictionary of Poker. MGI/Mike Caro University. →ISBN
Verb[edit]
paint (third-person singular simple present paints, present participle painting, simple past and past participle painted)
- (transitive) To apply paint to.
- 1963, Margery Allingham, chapter 1, in The China Governess[1]:
- The half-dozen pieces […] were painted white and carved with festoons of flowers, birds and cupids. To display them the walls had been tinted a vivid blue which had now faded, but the carpet, which had evidently been stored and recently relaid, retained its original turquoise.
- (transitive) To apply in the manner that paint is applied.
- (transitive) To cover (something) with spots of colour, like paint.
- c. 1596, William Shakespeare, “The Life and Death of King Iohn”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies: Published According to the True Originall Copies (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, OCLC 606515358, [Act IV, scene ii]:
- not painted with the crimson spots of blood
- c. 1590s, William Shakespeare, Spring (poem)
- Cuckoo buds of yellow hue / Do paint the meadows with delight.
- (transitive) To create (an image) with paints.
- to paint a portrait or a landscape
- (intransitive) To practise the art of painting pictures.
- I've been painting since I was a young child.
- (transitive, computing) To draw an element in a graphical user interface.
- 1991, Ernest R Tello, Object-oriented Programming for Windows:
- Sent to a minimized window when the icon's background must be filled before it is painted.
- (transitive, figuratively) To depict or portray.
- She sued the author of the biography, claiming it painted her as a duplicitous fraud.
- 1598–1599 (first performance), William Shakespeare, “Much Adoe about Nothing”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies: Published According to the True Originall Copies (First Folio), London: Printed by Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, OCLC 606515358, [Act III, scene ii]:
- Disloyal? / The word is too good to paint out her wickedness.
- 1735, Alexander Pope, Epistle to a Lady:
- If folly grow romantic, I must paint it.
- (intransitive) To color one's face by way of beautifying it.
- c. 1599–1602, William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Hamlet, Prince of Denmarke”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies: Published According to the True Originall Copies (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, OCLC 606515358, [Act V, scene i]:
- Let her paint an inch thick.
- (transitive, military, slang) To direct a radar beam toward.
- "We'll paint the target for the flyboys," the JTAC said.
Derived terms[edit]
Terms derived from the verb "paint"
Related terms[edit]
Translations[edit]
apply paint to
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apply in the manner of paint
create an image
practise the art of painting pictures
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- The translations below need to be checked and inserted above into the appropriate translation tables, removing any numbers. Numbers do not necessarily match those in definitions. See instructions at Wiktionary:Entry layout § Translations.
Further reading[edit]
- paint in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
- paint in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
- paint at OneLook Dictionary Search
Anagrams[edit]
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Verb[edit]
paint
- present participle of pair
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