Paint
Paint (pānt) , transitive verb
[Old English peinten, from French peint, past participle of peindre to paint, from Latin pingere, pictum; compare Greek poiki`los many-colored, Sanskrit pic to adorn. Compare 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.
To color, stain, or tinge; to adorn or beautify with colors; to diversify with colors. [Figurative:]
Not painted with the crimson spots of blood.
Cuckoo buds of yellow hue
Do paint the meadows with delight.
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.
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. [Figurative:]
Disloyal?
The word is too good to paint out her wickedness.
If folly grow romantic, I must paint it.
Paint , transitive verb
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.
Paint , noun
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