Definitions for the word "paint" from multiple English dictionaries.
1. v. t.
To cover with coloring matter; to apply paint to; as, to paint a house, a signboard, etc.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
2. v. t.
Fig.: To color, stain, or tinge; to adorn or beautify with colors; to diversify with colors.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
3. v. t.
To form in colors a figure or likeness of on a flat surface, as upon canvas; to represent by means of colors or hues; to exhibit in a tinted image; to portray with paints; as, to paint a portrait or a landscape.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
4. v. t.
Fig.: To represent or exhibit to the mind; to describe vividly; to delineate; to image; to depict.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
5. v. t.
To practice the art of painting; as, the artist paints well.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
6. v. t.
To color one's face by way of beautifying it.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
7. n.
A pigment or coloring substance.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
8. n.
The same prepared with a vehicle, as oil, water with gum, or the like, for application to a surface.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
9. n.
A cosmetic; rouge.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
10. n.
1 pigment, esp. In liquid form, for colouring a surface. 2 this as a dried film or coating (paint peeled off). v. 1 a cover (a wall, object, etc.) With paint. B apply paint of a specified colour to (paint the door green). 2 depict (an object, scene, etc.) In paint; produce (a picture) thus. 3 describe vividly (painted a gloomy picture). 4 joc. Or archaic a apply make-up to (the face, skin, etc.). B apply (a liquid to the skin etc.). paint out efface with paint. Paint the town red colloq. Enjoy oneself flamboyantly. [latin pingo pict-]
Source: Oxford English Dictionary, 1884
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