paint
A substance that is applied as a liquid or paste, and dries into a solid coating that protects or adds colour to an object or surface to which it has been applied.
Noun 4 meanings
A substance that is applied as a liquid or paste, and dries into a solid coating that protects or adds colour to an object or surface to which it has been applied.
“fresh coat of paint”
A set of containers or blocks of paint of different colors/colours, used for painting pictures.
Graphics drawn using an input device, not scanned or generated.
Makeup.
Verb 4 meanings
To apply paint to.
“I painted the bathroom walls light blue, and I painted the ceiling white.”
To apply in the manner that paint is applied.
To apply with a brush in order to treat some body part.
To cover (something) with spots of colour, like paint.
Etymology
From Middle English peynten, from Old French peintier, paincter, itself from paint, the past participle of paindre, from Latin pingō (“to paint”) (perfect passive participle pictus).
PAINT at a glance
PAINT has 5 letters and scores 7 points in Scrabble (P 3 + A 1 + I 1 + N 1 + T 1) and 9 in Words With Friends, before board bonuses. It ranks #2,840 by how often it appears in everyday English. It is valid in ENABLE, NWL2023, Collins/SOWPODS.
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