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Meaning of paint in English

paint
noun [ C or U ]
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/peɪnt/ us
/peɪnt/
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a coloured liquid that is put on a surface such as a wall to decorate it:
UK a tin of paint
US a can of paint
coat of paint This wall needs another coat of paint.
The sign said "Caution! Wet paint."
gloss paint
UK matt paint
US matte paint
There were so many paints (= types of paint) to choose from that I couldn't decide which to buy.
 
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paints [ plural ]
tubes of paint or blocks of dried paint used for making pictures:
oil paints
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the paint [ singular ] informal
another word for free-throw lane :
in the paint He is a dominating presence in the paint.
I liked his quickness going coast to coast and his ability to get in the paint.
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paint
verb
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/peɪnt/ us
/peɪnt/
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to cover a surface with paint:
[ + obj + adj ] We've painted the bedroom blue.
I've been painting all morning.
paint over I'll need to paint over (= cover with another layer of paint) these dirty marks on the wall.
A1 [ I or T ]
to make a picture using paints:
All these pictures were painted by local artists.
[ T ]
If you paint your nails or face, you put make-up on that part of your body:
She painted her nails bright red.
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Covering and adding layers
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Idioms

paint a picture (of something)
paint the town red
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paint
noun [ C/U ]
us
/peɪnt/
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a colored liquid that is put on a surface to protect or decorate it:
[ C ] acrylic/oil paints
[ U ] We need some white paint for the kitchen.

Idiom

paint a picture (of something)
paint
verb [ I/T ]
us
/peɪnt/
Someone who paints may make a picture by using paints:
[ I ] She always loved to paint.
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Examples of paint

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Reynolds had painted child models before the 1770s, although notations in the sitter-books are sporadic.
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There were, however, some soundly painted, albeit" old-fashioned", works.
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She always had an interest in the arts, but in painting she is self-taught.
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The clock face is painted white and so stands out clearly from quite a distance, allowing the time to be easily read.
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Others were painted on to a dry plaster surface.
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A journalist's wife with one child paints a different picture altogether.
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They might even be stiffened with starch and painted over to leave a pattern.
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Scientists, are finding other uses for it, in paints, drugs and fertilisers.
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A total of 31" of rails (painted) with 28 turned ballasters may have been for the perimeter of the stage.
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Perhaps it is from painting that we have learned to treasure views.
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However, after painting comes drawing and then the usual sequence of models and cad.
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One can detect concrete as old and repaired, painted, smooth and new, rough and weathered or polished.
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The opening chapter paints the background against which the book is to be read.
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Take-all is a complex disease and, not surprisingly, the information presented paints a complex picture.
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The transition from zompantle wood to copal wood, and from water-based aniline paints to house paints, was accompanied by rising production levels.
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acrylic paint
Workers were marked on the thorax with a dot of red acrylic paint, and males with green.
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automotive paint
An automotive paint search of apple shows that historically the name was associated with a green color going back to the early 1930s.
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black paint
Note the band inside the mask, and black paint on the metal mesh to help reduce glare.
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Translations of paint

in Chinese (Traditional)
油漆，塗料, 油漆（表面），（在…上）刷油漆, （用顏料）畫，繪…
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油漆，涂料, 油漆（表面），（在…上）刷油漆, （用颜料）画，绘…
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pintura, pintar, pintarse…
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tinta, pintar, tinta [feminine]…
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boya, boyamak, yağlı boya resim yapmak…
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peinture [feminine], peindre, brosser…
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pintura, pintar…
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verf, verven, schilderen…
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சுவர்களை அலங்கரிக்க அதன் மேற்பரப்பில் பூசப்படுகிற ஒரு வண்ண திரவம், வண்ணப் பூச்சால் மேற்பரப்பை மறைத்திட, வண்ணப் பூச்சால் ஒரு படத்தை உருவாக்க…
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maling, maler-, male…
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cat, mengecat, melukis…
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die Farbe, Farb-…, anstreichen…
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سیال رنگ و روغن, پینٹ (دیوار وغیرہ میں لگانے کے لئے), رنگنا…
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фарба, фарбувати, малювати фарбами…
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краска, красить, писать красками…
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دِهان, يَرْسُم, يَدْهُن…
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রং, দেয়াল ইত্যাদিতে লাগানোর পেইন্ট, পেইন্ট করে কোনো পৃষ্ঠতল ঢেকে দেওয়া…
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barva, barevný, nabarvit…
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สี, ทาสี, วาดรูป…
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sơn, vẽ tranh…
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farba, malować, pomalować…
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페인트, 그림을 그리다, 페인트칠을 하다…
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vernice, tinta, dipingere…
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