Search results for 'paint':

paint noun 1 colouring matter in the form of a liquid which is applied to a surface and dries forming a hard surface. 2 a dried coating of this. 3 a tube or tablet of colouring matter for creating pictures. 4 old use face make-up; cosmetics. verb (painted, painting) 1 to apply a coat of paint to (walls, woodwork, etc). 2 to turn something a certain colour by this means • paint the door yellow. 3 tr & intr to make (pictures) using paint. 4 to depict (a person, place or thing) in paint. 5 to describe (a scene, place or person) as if in paint. 6 tr & intr, old use to put make-up on (one's face). paintable adj suitable for painting. paint the town red to go out and celebrate something lavishly.
ETYMOLOGY: 13c: from French peint, past participle of peindre to paint.