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paint
CIDE DICTIONARY
paint, v. t. [OE. peinten, fr. F. peint, p. p. of peindre to paint, fr. L. pingere, pictum; cf. Gr. poiki`los many-colored, Skr. pi to adorn. Cf. Depict, Picture, Pigment, Pint.].
- To cover with coloring matter; to apply paint to; as, to paint a house, a signboard, etc. [1913 Webster]"Jezebel painted her face and tired her head." [1913 Webster]
- To color, stain, or tinge; to adorn or beautify with colors; to diversify with colors. [1913 Webster]"Not painted with the crimson spots of blood." [1913 Webster]"Cuckoo buds of yellow hue
Do paint the meadows with delight." [1913 Webster] - 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. [1913 Webster]
- 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. [1913 Webster]"Disloyal?
The word is too good to paint out her wickedness." [1913 Webster]"If folly grow romantic, I must paint it." [1913 Webster]
Syn. -- To color; picture; depict; portray; delineate; sketch; draw; describe.
paint, v. t.
- To practice the art of painting; as, the artist paints well. [1913 Webster]
- To color one's face by way of beautifying it. [1913 Webster]"Let her paint an inch thick." [1913 Webster]
paint, n.
- A pigment or coloring substance. [1913 Webster]
- A cosmetic; rouge. Praed. [1913 Webster]
OXFORD DICTIONARY
paint, n. & v.
--n.
1 a colouring matter, esp. in liquid form for imparting colour to a surface. b this as a dried film or coating (the paint peeled off).
2 joc. or archaic cosmetic make-up, esp. rouge or nail varnish.
--v.tr.
1 a cover the surface of (a wall, object, etc.) with paint. b apply paint of a specified colour to (paint the door green).
2 depict (an object, scene, etc.) with paint; produce (a picture) by painting.
3 describe vividly as if by painting (painted a gloomy picture of the future).
4 joc. or archaic a apply liquid or cosmetic to (the face, skin, etc.). b apply (a liquid to the skin etc.).
--n.
1 a colouring matter, esp. in liquid form for imparting colour to a surface. b this as a dried film or coating (the paint peeled off).
2 joc. or archaic cosmetic make-up, esp. rouge or nail varnish.
--v.tr.
1 a cover the surface of (a wall, object, etc.) with paint. b apply paint of a specified colour to (paint the door green).
2 depict (an object, scene, etc.) with paint; produce (a picture) by painting.
3 describe vividly as if by painting (painted a gloomy picture of the future).
4 joc. or archaic a apply liquid or cosmetic to (the face, skin, etc.). b apply (a liquid to the skin etc.).
Idiom
painted lady an orange-red butterfly, esp. Cynthia cardui, with black and white spots. paint out efface with paint. paint shop the part of a factory where goods are painted, esp. by spraying. paint-stick a stick of water-soluble paint used like a crayon. paint the town red colloq. enjoy oneself flamboyantly.
Derivative
paintable adj.
Etymology
ME f. peint past part. of OF peindre f. L pingere pict- paint
THESAURUS
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, writeROGET THESAURUS
paint
Ornament
VB ornament, overlay with ornament, overcharge, smell of the lamp, ornament, embellish, enrich, decorate, adorn, bead, beautify, adonize, smarten, furbish, polish, gild, varnish, whitewash, enamel, japan, lacquer, paint, grain, garnish, trim, dizen, bedizen, prink, prank, trick out, fig out, deck, bedeck, dight, bedight, array, begawd, titivate, dress, dress up, spangle, bespangle, powder, embroider, work, chase, emboss, fret, emblazon, illuminate, illustrate, become.Covering
N covering, cover, baldachin, baldachino, baldaquin, canopy, tilt, awning, tent, marquee, tente d'abri, umbrella, parasol, sunshade, veil (shade), shield, roof, ceiling, thatch, tile, pantile, pentile, tiling, slates, slating, leads, barrack, plafond, planchment, tiling, shed, top, lid, covercle, door, operculum, bulkhead, bandage, plaster, lint, wrapping, dossil, finger stall, coverlet, counterpane, sheet, quilt, tarpaulin, blanket, rug, drugget, housing, antimacassar, eiderdown, numdah, pillowcase, pillowslip, linoleum, saddle cloth, blanket cloth, tidy, tilpah, apishamore, integument, tegument, skin, pellicle, fleece, fell, fur, leather, shagreen, hide, pelt, peltry, cordwain, derm, robe, buffalo robe, cuticle, scarfskin, epidermis, clothing, mask, peel, crust, bark, rind, cortex, husk, shell, coat, eggshell, glume, capsule, sheath, sheathing, pod, cod, casing, case, theca, elytron, elytrum, involucrum, wrapping, wrapper, envelope, vesicle, corn husk, corn shuck, dermatology, conchology, testaceology, inunction, incrustation, superimposition, superposition, obduction, scale, veneer, facing, overlay, plate, silver plate, gold plate, copper plate, engobe, ormolu, Sheffield plate, pavement, coating, paint, varnish, plating, barrel plating, anointing, enamel, epitaxial deposition, vapor deposition, ground, whitewash, plaster, spackel, stucco, compo, cerement, ointment, covering, superimposed, overlaid, plated, cutaneous, dermal, cortical, cuticular, tegumentary, skinny, scaly, squamous, covered, imbricated, loricated, armor plated, ironclad, under cover, cowled, cucullate, dermatoid, encuirassed, hooded, squamiferous, tectiform, vaginate.VB cover, superpose, superimpose, overlay, overspread, wrap, encase, incase, face, case, veneer, pave, paper, tip, cap, bind, bulkhead, bulkhead in, clapboard, coat, paint, varnish, pay, incrust, stucco, dab, plaster, tar, wash, besmear, bedaub, anoint, do over, gild, plate, japan, lacquer, lacker, enamel, whitewash, parget, lay it on thick, overlie, overarch, endome, conceal, anodize, galvanize.
Color
N color, hue, tint, tinge, dye, complexion, shade, tincture, cast, livery, coloration, glow, flush, tone, key, pure color, positive color, primary color, primitive complementary color, three primaries, spectrum, chromatic dispersion, broken color, secondary color, tertiary color, local color, coloring, keeping, tone, value, aerial perspective, chromatics, spectrum analysis, spectroscopy, chromatism, chromatography, chromatology, prism, spectroscope, spectrograph, spectrometer, colorimeter (optical instruments), pigment, coloring matter, paint, dye, wash, distemper, stain, medium, mordant, oil paint, colored, colorific, tingent, tinctorial, chromatic, prismatic, full-colored, high-colored, deep-colored, doubly-dyed, polychromatic, chromatogenous, tingible, bright, vivid, intense, deep, fresh, unfaded, rich, gorgeous, gay, gaudy, florid, gay, garish, rainbow-colored, multihued, showy, flaunting, flashy, raw, crude, glaring, flaring, discordant, inharmonious, mellow, pastel, harmonious, pearly, sweet, delicate, tender, refined.VB color, dye, tinge, stain, tint, tinct, paint, wash, ingrain, grain, illuminate, emblazon, bedizen, imbue, paint, color, dye, tinge, stain, tint, tinct, paint, wash, ingrain, grain, illuminate, emblazon, bedizen, imbue, paint.
Deception
N deception, falseness, untruth, imposition, imposture, fraud, deceit, guile, fraudulence, fraudulency, covin, knavery, misrepresentation, bluff, straw-bail, straw bid, spoof, delusion, gullery, juggling, jugglery, slight of hand, legerdemain, prestigiation, prestidigitation, magic, conjuring, conjuration, hocus-pocus, escamoterie, jockeyship, trickery, coggery, chicanery, supercherie, cozenage, circumvention, ingannation, collusion, treachery, practical joke, trick, cheat, wile, blind, feint, plant, bubble, fetch, catch, chicane, juggle, reach, hocus, bite, card sharping, stacked deck, loaded dice, quick shuffle, double dealing, dealing seconds, dealing from the bottom of the deck, artful dodge, swindle, tricks upon travelers, stratagem, confidence trick, fake, hoax, theft, ballot-box stuffing, barney, brace game, bunko game, drop game, gum game, panel game, shell game, thimblerig, skin game, snare, trap, pitfall, decoy, gin, springe, springle, noose, hoot, bait, decoy-duck, tub to the whale, baited trap, guet-a-pens, cobweb, net, meshes, toils, mouse trap, birdlime, dionaea, Venus's flytrap, ambush, trapdoor, sliding panel, false bottom, spring-net, spring net, spring gun, mask, masked battery, mine, flytrap, green goods, panel house, Cornish hug, wolf in sheep's clothing, disguise, disguisement, false colors, masquerade, mummery, borrowed plumes, pattes de velours, mockery, copy, counterfeit, sham, make- believe, forgery, fraud, lie, a delusion a mockery and a snare, hollow mockery, whited sepulcher, painted sepulcher, tinsel, paste, junk jewelry, costume jewelry, false jewelry, synthetic jewels, scagliola, ormolu, German silver, albata, paktong, white metal, Britannia metal, paint, veneer, jerry building, man of straw, illusion, ignis fatuus, mirage, deceived, deceiving, cunning, prestigious, prestigiatory, deceptive, deceptious, deceitful, covinous, delusive, delusory, illusive, illusory, elusive, insidious, ad captandum vulgus, untrue, mock, sham, make-believe, counterfeit, snide, pseudo, spurious, supposititious, so-called, pretended, feigned, trumped up, bogus, scamped, fraudulent, tricky, factitious bastard, surreptitious, illegitimate, contraband, adulterated, sophisticated, unsound, rotten at the core, colorable, disguised, meretricious, tinsel, pinchbeck, plated, catchpenny, Brummagem, artificial, synthetic, ersatz, simulated, under false colors, under the garb of, under cover of, over the left, keep the word of promise to the ear and break it t, fronti nulla fides, ah that deceit should steal such gentle shapes, a quicksand of deceit, decipimur specie recti, falsi crimen, fraus est celare fraudem, lupus in fabula, so smooth, he daubed his vice with show of virtue.Representation
VB copy, drawing, sketch, drought, draft, plot, chart, figure, scheme, image, likeness, icon, portrait, striking likeness, speaking likeness, very image, effigy, facsimile, figure, figure head, puppet, doll, figurine, aglet, manikin, lay- figure, model, mammet, marionette, fantoccini, waxwork, bust, statue, statuette, ideograph, hieroglyphic, anaglyph, kanji, diagram, monogram, map, plan, chart, ground plan, projection, elevation (plan), ichnography, cartography, atlas, outline, scheme, view, radiograph, scotograph, sciagraph, spectrogram, heliogram, V, represent, delineate, depict, depicture, portray, take a likeness, catch a likeness, hit off, photograph, daguerreotype, snapshot, figure, shadow forth, shadow out, adumbrate, body forth, describe, trace, copy, mold, dress up, illustrate, symbolize, paint, carve, engrave, personate, personify, impersonate, assume a character, pose as, act, play, mimic, hold the mirror up to nature.Painting
N painting, depicting, drawing, design, perspective, sciagraphy, skiagraphy, chiaroscuro, composition, treatment, historical painting, portrait painting, miniature painting, landscape painting, marine painting, still life, flower painting, scene painting, scenography, school, style, the grand style, high art, genre, portraiture, ornamental art, monochrome, polychrome, grisaille, pallet, palette, easel, brush, pencil, stump, black lead, charcoal, crayons, chalk, pastel, paint, watercolor, body color, oil color, oils, oil paint, varnish, priming, gouache, tempera, distemper, fresco, water glass, enamel, encaustic painting, mosaic, tapestry, photography, heliography, color photography, sun painting, graphics, computer graphics, picture, painting, piece, tableau, canvas, oil painting, fresco, cartoon, easel picture, cabinet picture, draught, draft, pencil drawing, water color drawing, etching, charcoal, pen-and-ink, sketch, outline, study, photograph, color photograph, black-and-white photograph, holograph, heliograph, daguerreotype, talbotype, calotype, heliotype, negative, positive, print, glossy print, matte print, enlargement, reduction, life-size print, instant photo, Polaroid photo, technicolor, Kodachrome, Ektachrome, Polaroid, portrait, whole length, full length, half length, kitcat, head, miniature, shade, silhouette, profile, landscape, seapiece, view, scene, prospect, panorama, diorama, still life, picture gallery, exhibit, studio, atelier, pinacotheca, painted, pictorial, graphic, picturesque, pencil, oil, in pencil, fecit, delineavit, mutum est pictura poema.VB paint, design, limn draw, sketch, pencil, scratch, shade, stipple, hatch, dash off, chalk out, square up, color, dead color, wash, varnish, draw in pencil, paint in oils, stencil, depict.
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