Meaning of paint | Babel Free

Definitions

1. A surname
2. painting
3. 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.
   countable, uncountable
4. paint (colorant substance)
5. A set of containers or blocks of paint of different colors/colours, used for painting pictures.
   countable, in-plural, uncountable
6. Baseball To throw a pitched ball over the edge of home plate for a strike.
   Baseball
7. paintwork
8. The free-throw lane, construed with the.
   countable, slang, uncountable
9. To go on a spree.
10. Paintballs.
    slang, uncountable
11. paint the town (red), to go out and celebrate, esp. uninhibitedly.
12. Synonym of face card (king, queen, or jack).
    countable, slang, uncountable
13. a colouring substance in the form of liquid or paste. The artist's clothes were covered in paint; (also adjective) a paint pot. verf دُهان боя tinta barva; barevný die Farbe, Farb-... maling; maler- χρώμα, μπογιάpintura värv, värvi- رنگ maali peintureצבע रंग, लेप boja, farba festék cat málning pittura, vernice; di pittura/vernice 塗料 물감, 페인트 dažai krāsa cat verfmalingfarba رنګول، انځو رول ( نقاشى كول tinta (de) vopsea краска farba; farebný barva boja [målar]färg สี boya 油漆，顏料 фарба پينٹ، روغن ...
    also adjective
14. Graphics drawn using an input device, not scanned or generated.
    attributive, countable, uncountable
15. a (small) box containing different paints for making pictures. verfblikkie, verfkassie عُلْبَة الألوان кутия с бои caixa de pintura skříňka s barvami der Malkasten farveladeæske; maleræske κουτί με μπογιές caja de pinturas maalikast جعبه رنگ paletti boîte de couleurs קוּפסַת צְבָעִים रंग बक्सा kutija s bojama festékdoboz kotak cat litakassi scatola di colori 絵の具箱 그림물감 통 dažų dėžutė krāsu kaste kotak warna verfdoosfargeskrin, malerkasse pudełko z farbami د رنګ جعبه caixa de tintas набор красок...
16. Makeup.
    uncountable
17. a brush used for putting on paint. verfkwas فُرشاة للرَّسْم، ريشة الرَسّام четка за боя pincel malířský štětec; štětka der Pinsel malerpensel πινέλοpincel pintsel قلم مو sivellin pinceau מִברֶשֶת צְבָע तूलिका kist za ličenje (festő)ecset kuas málningarpensill pennello 絵筆 그림 붓 teptukas ota berus cat verfkwast, penseelmalerkost, penselpędzel د رنګ بړس pincel pensulă кисть maliarsky štetec; štetka čopič četkica målarpensel พู่กัน boya/resim fırçası 畫筆，油漆刷 пензель پينٹ برش chổi sơn 画笔，油漆刷
18. Tattoo work.
    slang, uncountable
19. A liquid mixture, usually of a solid pigment in a liquid vehicle, used as a decorative or protective coating.
20. Any substance fixed with latex to harden it.
    countable, dated, uncountable
21. A cosmetic, such as rouge, that is used to give color to the face; makeup.
22. The appearance of an object on a radar screen.
    countable, uncountable
23. Basketball The free throw lane.
    Basketball
24. A Paint horse.

Equivalents

Examples

“fresh coat of paint”

“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.”

“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.”

“Isaiah Thomas is very clever, very crafty getting to the paint and finishing in the paint.”

“In Game 3, they re-focused on protecting the paint and transition defense. The Cavs scored 106 points in the paint in the first two games and just 20 in Game 3.”

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

“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.”

“If using a paint package, you must specify the color before you draw the line or shape.”

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

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

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