paint

name

1. A surname

noun

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). Displaced native Old English tēafor (“paint”), *tīefran (“to paint”); and Old English mētan (“to paint”) and mǣlan (“to paint, mark with colour”).

1. 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”

2. A set of containers or blocks of paint of different colors/colours, used for painting pictures.

   “René went back into the kitchen and put a pot of coffee on, got out his paints and started on a new painting. He felt inspired.”

3. The free-throw lane, construed with the.

   “The Nimrods are strong on the outside, but not very good in the paint.”

   “Early on it was the Bulldogs who were clearly the aggressors, playing hard in the paint and getting baskets with muscle more than with their shooting prowess.”

4. Paintballs.

   “I am running low on paint for my marker.”

5. Synonym of face card (king, queen, or jack).
6. Graphics drawn using an input device, not scanned or generated.

   “It combines traditional paint capabilities with photograph enhancement features.”

   “Computer paint software operates similarly but adds features that are delightfully familiar and useful to artists trained in traditional graphics materials.”

7. Makeup.

   “They were as plain and homely as a table-top dancer when the rains had wiped the paint and powder from her face.”

8. Tattoo work.
9. Any substance fixed with latex to harden it.
10. The appearance of an object on a radar screen.

    “Smaller target paints would also be preferred to those displayed on the existing DFTI.”

verb

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). Displaced native Old English tēafor (“paint”), *tīefran (“to paint”); and Old English mētan (“to paint”) and mǣlan (“to paint, mark with colour”).

1. To apply paint to.

   “I painted the bathroom walls light blue, and I painted the ceiling white.”

   “The half-dozen pieces […] were painted white and carved with festoons of flowers, birds and cupids. To display them the walls had been tinted a vivid blue which had now faded, but the carpet, which had evidently been stored and recently relaid, retained its original turquoise.”

2. To apply in the manner that paint is applied.
3. To apply with a brush in order to treat some body part.
4. To cover (something) with spots of colour, like paint.

   “not painted with the crimson spots of blood”

   “Cuckoo buds of yellow hue / Do paint the meadows with delight.”

5. To create (an image) with paints.

   “to paint a portrait or a landscape”

6. To practise the art of painting pictures.

   “I've been painting since I was a young child.”

7. To draw an element in a graphical user interface.

   “Sent to a minimized window when the icon's background must be filled before it is painted.”

8. To depict or portray.

   “She sued the author of the biography, claiming it painted her as a duplicitous fraud.”

   “Disloyal? / The word is too good to paint out her wickedness.”

9. To color one's face by way of beautifying it.

   “Let her paint an inch thick.”

10. To detect (something) with radar.

    “"We'll paint the target for the flyboys," the JTAC said.”

    “The Albuquerque radar “painted” just one object whenever the light was on, none when it was off.”

11. To defecate or soil with faeces during anal sex.