Paint | Mean of paint in English Dictionary

/ˈpeɪnt/

• Noun
• a liquid that dries to form a thin colored layer when it is spread on a surface
1. Apply paint to the canvas in a series of short strokes.
2. I need more blue paint.
3. The old walls are coated with several layers of paint.
4. a can of latex/acrylic paint
5. The house needs a fresh/second coat of paint.
6. face paint [=colorful makeup for drawing pictures on children's faces]
7. The store sells many different paints.
8. a box of paints [=different types of paint that are used by an artist to paint pictures and that are usually sold in a dry form or in tubes]
9. finger paints [=paints that children spread onto paper with their hands]
• a layer of dried paint on a surface
1. Did you chip the paint?
2. The car's paint is cracking.
• Verb
• to cover (something) with paint
1. I need to paint the bookcase.
2. We're going to paint the room yellow.
3. The classroom wall was painted with clouds and rainbows.

• to make (a picture or design) by using paints
1. He painted that portrait of his wife.
2. She painted the landscape on a square canvas.
3. The store carries hand-painted tiles. [=tiles that have pictures or designs on them that were painted by a person and not by a machine]
4. She paints well.
5. I like to draw and my sister likes to paint.
6. The beauty of the world inspires me to paint.
7. He paints mostly in oils.
• to describe (someone or something) in a particular way
1. The study paints a bleak/grim picture of the effects of pollution on animal life.
2. Opponents paint a picture of the president as corrupt and irresponsible. = Opponents paint the president as corrupt and irresponsible.
• to put makeup on (a part of the body)
1. She painted her nails with pink nail polish.
2. She put on eye shadow and painted her lips with red lipstick.
• to cover (something) with a layer of paint
1. They painted over the graffiti.
• to go out drinking, dancing, etc., to have a good time