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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