English

Noun

paint (countable and uncountable; plural paints)

1. (uncountable) A substance that is applied as a liquid or paste, and dries into a solid coating that protects or adds color/colour to an object or surface to which it has been applied.
2. (in plural paints) A set of containers or blocks of paint of different colors/colours, used for painting pictures.
3. (basketball, colloquial) The free-throw lane. Always used with the.

   The Nimrods are strong outside, but not very good in the paint.

Translations

substance

paints: set of containers or blocks of paints of different colours

Transitive verb

to paint (present participle painting, past tense and past participe painted)

1. To apply paint to
2. To apply (something) in the manner that paint is applied.

Translations

apply paint to

apply something in the manner of paint

Intransitive verb

to paint (present participle painting, past tense and past participe painted)

1. To practise the art of painting pictures.

practise the art of painting pictures

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• Interlingua: pinger, picturar (1,2,3)

Derived terms

• paintbrush
• painted lady
• painter
• painting

See also

• Wikipedia article on paint