paint (paints plural & 3rd person present) (painting present participle) (painted past tense & past participle )
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 On a wall or object, the paint is the covering of dried paint on it.
the N
The paint was peeling on the window frames...
3 verb If you paint a wall or an object, you cover it with paint.
They started to mend the woodwork and paint the walls... V n
I made a guitar and painted it red. V n colour
...painted furniture. V-ed, Also V
4 verb If you paint something or paint a picture of it, you produce a picture of it using paint.
He is painting a huge volcano... V n
Why do people paint pictures?... V n
I had come here to paint. V
5 verb 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... V n prep
The recesses are decorated with gold stars, with smaller stars painted along the edges. V-ed
6 verb 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... V n
She painted her fingernails bright red. V n colour
7 verb 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... V n
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painting →
gloss paint →
oil paint →
poster paint →
war paint
gloss paint
Gloss paint is paint that forms a shiny surface when it dries. n-uncount
oil paint (oil paints plural )Oil paint is a thick paint used by artists. It is made from coloured powder and linseed oil. n-uncount also N in pl
paint stripper (paint strippers plural )Paint stripper is a liquid which you use in order to remove old paint from things such as doors or pieces of furniture. n-mass
poster paint (poster paints plural )Poster paint is a type of brightly coloured paint which contains no oil and is used for painting pictures.
(mainly BRIT) n-mass
spray paint (spray paints plural & 3rd person present) (spray painting present participle) (spray painted past tense & past participle ), 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 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... V n
He spray-painted his name on the wall. V n on n
war paint , warpaint
War paint is the paint which some groups of people used to decorate their faces and bodies before they fought a battle. n-uncount
