paint
♦♦ paint /p'eɪnt/ (paints painting painted)
1 [N-MASS]
Paint is a coloured liquid that you put onto a surface with a brush in order to protect the surface or to make it look nice, or that you use to produce a picture.
...a pot of red paint...
They saw some large letters in white paint.
...water-based artist's paints.
2 [N-SING] the N
On a wall or object, the paint is the covering of dried paint on it.
The paint was peeling on the window frames...
3 [VERB] V n, V n colour, V-ed, also V
If you paint a wall or an object, you cover it with paint.
They started to mend the woodwork and paint the walls...
I made a guitar and painted it red.
...painted furniture.
4 [VERB] V n, V n, V
If you paint something or paint a picture of it, you produce a picture of it using paint.
He is painting a huge volcano...
Why do people paint pictures?...
I had come here to paint.
5 [VERB] V n prep, V-ed
When you paint a design or message on a surface, you put it on the surface using paint.
...a machine for painting white lines down roads...
The recesses are decorated with gold stars, with smaller stars painted along the edges.
6 [VERB] V n, V n colour
If a woman paints her lips or nails, she puts a coloured cosmetic on them.
She propped the mirror against her handbag and began to paint her lips...
She painted her fingernails bright red.
7 [VERB] V n
If you paint a grim or vivid picture of something, you give a description of it that is grim or vivid.
The report paints a grim picture of life there...
8
see also painting, gloss paint, poster paint, poster paint, war paintgloss paint
[N-UNCOUNT]
Gloss paint is paint that forms a shiny surface when it dries.oil paint (oil paints)
[N-UNCOUNT] also N in pl
Oil paint is a thick paint used by artists. It is made from coloured powder and linseed oil.paint strip|per (paint strippers)
[N-MASS]
Paint stripper is a liquid which you use in order to remove old paint from things such as doors or pieces of furniture.post|er paint (poster paints)
[N-MASS]
Poster paint is a type of brightly coloured paint which contains no oil and is used for painting pictures. (mainly BRIT)spray paint (spray paints spray painting spray painted)
also spray-paint
1 [N-MASS]
Spray paint is paint bought in a special can which you spray on a surface by pressing a button on the top of the can.
The walls have been horribly vandalized with spray paint.
2 [VERB] V n, V n on n
If you spray paint a surface, you paint it using spray paint. If you spray paint something on a surface, you paint it on that surface using spray paint.
The youths are taught how to spray paint cars and mend fences...
He spray-painted his name on the wall.war paint
also warpaint
[N-UNCOUNT]
War paint is the paint which some groups of people used to decorate their faces and bodies before they fought a battle.
1 [N-MASS]
Paint is a coloured liquid that you put onto a surface with a brush in order to protect the surface or to make it look nice, or that you use to produce a picture.
...a pot of red paint...
They saw some large letters in white paint.
...water-based artist's paints.
2 [N-SING] the N
On a wall or object, the paint is the covering of dried paint on it.
The paint was peeling on the window frames...
3 [VERB] V n, V n colour, V-ed, also V
If you paint a wall or an object, you cover it with paint.
They started to mend the woodwork and paint the walls...
I made a guitar and painted it red.
...painted furniture.
4 [VERB] V n, V n, V
If you paint something or paint a picture of it, you produce a picture of it using paint.
He is painting a huge volcano...
Why do people paint pictures?...
I had come here to paint.
5 [VERB] V n prep, V-ed
When you paint a design or message on a surface, you put it on the surface using paint.
...a machine for painting white lines down roads...
The recesses are decorated with gold stars, with smaller stars painted along the edges.
6 [VERB] V n, V n colour
If a woman paints her lips or nails, she puts a coloured cosmetic on them.
She propped the mirror against her handbag and began to paint her lips...
She painted her fingernails bright red.
7 [VERB] V n
If you paint a grim or vivid picture of something, you give a description of it that is grim or vivid.
The report paints a grim picture of life there...
8
see also painting, gloss paint, poster paint, poster paint, war paintgloss paint
[N-UNCOUNT]
Gloss paint is paint that forms a shiny surface when it dries.oil paint (oil paints)
[N-UNCOUNT] also N in pl
Oil paint is a thick paint used by artists. It is made from coloured powder and linseed oil.paint strip|per (paint strippers)
[N-MASS]
Paint stripper is a liquid which you use in order to remove old paint from things such as doors or pieces of furniture.post|er paint (poster paints)
[N-MASS]
Poster paint is a type of brightly coloured paint which contains no oil and is used for painting pictures. (mainly BRIT)spray paint (spray paints spray painting spray painted)
also spray-paint
1 [N-MASS]
Spray paint is paint bought in a special can which you spray on a surface by pressing a button on the top of the can.
The walls have been horribly vandalized with spray paint.
2 [VERB] V n, V n on n
If you spray paint a surface, you paint it using spray paint. If you spray paint something on a surface, you paint it on that surface using spray paint.
The youths are taught how to spray paint cars and mend fences...
He spray-painted his name on the wall.war paint
also warpaint
[N-UNCOUNT]
War paint is the paint which some groups of people used to decorate their faces and bodies before they fought a battle.