paint

paint
    n 1: a substance used as a coating to protect or decorate a
         surface (especially a mixture of pigment suspended in a
         liquid); dries to form a hard coating; "artists use `paint'
         and `pigment' interchangeably" [syn: {paint}, {pigment}]
    2: (basketball) a space (including the foul line) in front of
       the basket at each end of a basketball court; usually painted
       a different color from the rest of the court; "he hit a jump
       shot from the top of the key"; "he dominates play in the
       paint" [syn: {key}, {paint}]
    3: makeup consisting of a pink or red powder applied to the
       cheeks [syn: {rouge}, {paint}, {blusher}]
    v 1: make a painting; "he painted all day in the garden"; "He
         painted a painting of the garden"
    2: apply paint to; coat with paint; "We painted the rooms
       yellow"
    3: make a painting of; "He painted his mistress many times"
    4: apply a liquid to; e.g., paint the gutters with linseed oil
    

Paint \Paint\ (p[=a]nt), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Painted}; p. pr. &
   vb. n. {Painting}.] [OE. peinten, fr. F. peint, p. p. of
   peindre to paint, fr. L. pingere, pictum; cf. Gr. poiki`los
   many-colored, Skr. pi[,c] to adorn. Cf. {Depict}, {Picture},
   {Pigment}, {Pint}.]
   1. To cover with coloring matter; to apply paint to; as, to
      paint a house, a signboard, etc.
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            Jezebel painted her face and tired her head. --2
                                                  Kings ix. 30.
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   2. Fig.: To color, stain, or tinge; to adorn or beautify with
      colors; to diversify with colors.
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            Not painted with the crimson spots of blood. --Shak.
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            Cuckoo buds of yellow hue
            Do paint the meadows with delight.    --Shak.
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   3. To form in colors a figure or likeness of on a flat
      surface, as upon canvas; to represent by means of colors
      or hues; to exhibit in a tinted image; to portray with
      paints; as, to paint a portrait or a landscape.
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   4. Fig.: To represent or exhibit to the mind; to describe
      vividly; to delineate; to image; to depict; as, to paint a
      political opponent as a traitor.
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            Disloyal?
            The word is too good to paint out her wickedness.
                                                  --Shak.
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            If folly grow romantic, I must paint it. --Pope.
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   Syn: To color; picture; depict; portray; delineate; sketch;
        draw; describe.
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Paint \Paint\, v. t.
   1. To practice the art of painting; as, the artist paints
      well.
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   2. To color one's face by way of beautifying it.
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            Let her paint an inch thick.          --Shak.
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Paint \Paint\, n.
   1.
      (a) A pigment or coloring substance.
      (b) The same prepared with a vehicle, as oil, water with
          gum, or the like, for application to a surface.
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   2. A cosmetic; rouge. --Praed.
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Paint
Jezebel "painted her face" (2 Kings 9:30); and the practice of
painting the face and the eyes seems to have been common (Jer.
4:30; Ezek. 23:40). An allusion to this practice is found in the
name of Job's daughter (42:14) Kerenhappuch (q.v.). Paintings in
the modern sense of the word were unknown to the ancient Jews.
    

Paint, PA (borough, FIPS 57544)
  Location: 40.24280 N, 78.84900 W
  Population (1990): 1091 (386 housing units)
  Area: 0.9 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
    

Paint, PA -- U.S. borough in Pennsylvania
   Population (2000):    1103
   Housing Units (2000): 432
   Land area (2000):     0.349878 sq. miles (0.906180 sq. km)
   Water area (2000):    0.000000 sq. miles (0.000000 sq. km)
   Total area (2000):    0.349878 sq. miles (0.906180 sq. km)
   FIPS code:            57544
   Located within:       Pennsylvania (PA), FIPS 42
   Location:             40.243423 N, 78.846092 W
   ZIP Codes (1990):    
   Note: some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs.
   Headwords:
    Paint, PA
    Paint
    

296 Moby Thesaurus words for "paint":
      Zanzibar copal, adorn, air brush, anime, apply, apply paint, array,
      art paper, base, bay, bayard, bead, beautify, bedaub, bedeck,
      bedizen, begild, bejewel, beribbon, besmear, bespangle, blazon,
      bring to life, brush, brush on paint, buckskin, calcimine,
      calico pony, camera lucida, camera obscura, canvas, carouse,
      cartoon, catch a likeness, chalk, character, characterize,
      charcoal, chart, chestnut, chromogen, clown white, coat,
      coat of paint, coating, cold cream, color, color filter,
      color gelatin, colorant, coloring, colors, compact, complexion,
      copal, copaline, copy, cosmetics, cover, crayon, crosshatch, dab,
      dandify, dapple-gray, dash off, daub, dead-color, deck, deck out,
      decorate, deep-dye, delineate, depict, describe, design, diagram,
      diamond, dip, distemper, dizen, doll up, doodle, double-dye, draft,
      draw, drawing paper, drawing pencil, dress, dress up, drier,
      drugstore complexion, dun, dye, dyestuff, easel, elemi, embellish,
      emblazon, embroider, enamel, engild, engrave, enrich, evoke,
      express, exterior paint, eye shadow, eyebrow pencil, face, facing,
      fast-dye, feather, fig out, figure, filigree, film, fix up,
      fixative, flag, flat coat, flat wash, floor enamel, flounce,
      flower, foundation, foundation cream, fresco, fur, furbish,
      garland, garnish, gem, gild, gilding, gilt, give words to, glaze,
      gloss, grace, grain, gray, greasepaint, grizzle, ground, gussy up,
      hand cream, hand lotion, hatch, hit off, hue, illuminate, imbue,
      ingrain, interior paint, japan, jewel, lac, lacquer, lay figure,
      lay on color, limn, lip rouge, lipstick, live it up, make merry,
      make whoopee, makeup, map, mascara, maulstick, medium, mudpack,
      nail polish, notate, oil paints, oils, opaque color, ornament,
      outline, paint a picture, paintbrush, painted pony, palette,
      palette knife, parget, pastel, pellicle, pencil, picture,
      picturize, piebald, pigment, pigments, pinto, plume, portray,
      powder, powder puff, prank, prank up, preen, prettify, prime,
      prime coat, primer, priming, primp, primp up, prink, prink up,
      print, puff, radium paint, redecorate, redo, refurbish, register,
      render, represent, revel, revetment, ribbon, roan, rouge, rub,
      scale, schematize, scratch, scratchboard, scum, scumble, set forth,
      set off, set out, shade, shadow, shellac, show, siccative, sketch,
      sketchbook, sketchpad, skewbald, skin, slop on paint, smarten,
      smarten up, smear, sorrel, spangle, spatula, spray gun, spruce up,
      stain, stencil, step out, stipple, stump, surface, symbolize,
      take a rubbing, talcum, talcum powder, tempera, thinner, tinct,
      tinction, tincture, tinge, tinsel, tint, titivate, tone, trace,
      trace out, trace over, transparent color, trick out, trick up,
      trim, turpentine, turps, undercoat, undercoating, vanishing cream,
      vanity case, varnish, vehicle, veneer, war paint, wash, wash coat,
      whitewash, whoop it up, wreathe, write