paint : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: paint	by the DICT Development Group
6 results for paint
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
paint n 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" Synonym(s): paint, pigment (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" Synonym(s): key, paint makeup consisting of a pink or red powder applied to the cheeks Synonym(s): rouge, paint, blusher v make a painting; "he painted all day in the garden"; "He painted a painting of the garden" apply paint to; coat with paint; "We painted the rooms yellow" make a painting of; "He painted his mistress many times" apply a liquid to; e.g., paint the gutters with linseed oil
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Paint \Paint\, v. t. 1. To practice the art of painting; as, the artist paints well. 2. To color one's face by way of beautifying it. Let her paint an inch thick. --Shak.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Paint \Paint\ (p[amac]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[cced] 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. Jezebel painted her face and tired her head. --2 Kings ix. 30. 2. Fig.: To color, stain, or tinge; to adorn or beautify with colors; to diversify with colors. Not painted with the crimson spots of blood. --Shak. Cuckoo buds of yellow hue Do paint the meadows with delight. --Shak. 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. 4. Fig.: To represent or exhibit to the mind; to describe vividly; to delineate; to image; to depict. Disloyal? The word is too good to paint out her wickedness. --Shak. If folly grow romantic, I must paint it. --Pope. Syn: To color; picture; depict; portray; delineate; sketch; draw; describe.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
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. 2. A cosmetic; rouge. --Praed.
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
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)
From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]:
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.