Definition of "paint" in English

noun

1. A substance that is applied as a liquid or paste, and dries into a solid coating that protects or adds colour to an object or surface to which it has been applied.

   • fresh coat of paint

2. (in the plural) A set of containers or blocks of paint of different colors/colours, used for painting pictures.

3. (basketball, slang) The free-throw lane, construed with the.

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

4. (uncountable, paintball, slang) Paintballs.

   • I am running low on paint for my marker.

5. (poker, slang) Synonym of face card (king, queen, or jack).

6. (computing, attributive) Graphics drawn using an input device, not scanned or generated.

7. (uncountable) Makeup.

8. (uncountable, slang) Tattoo work.

9. (dated) Any substance fixed with latex to harden it.

10. The appearance of an object on a radar screen.

verb

1. (transitive) To apply paint to.

   • I painted the bathroom walls light blue, and I painted the ceiling white.

2. (transitive) To apply in the manner that paint is applied.

3. (transitive, medicine) To apply with a brush in order to treat some body part.

4. (transitive) To cover (something) with spots of colour, like paint.

5. (transitive) To create (an image) with paints.

   • to paint a portrait or a landscape

6. (intransitive) To practise the art of painting pictures.

   • I've been painting since I was a young child.

7. (transitive, graphical user interface) To draw an element in a graphical user interface.

8. (transitive, figuratively) To depict or portray.

   • She sued the author of the biography, claiming it painted her as a duplicitous fraud.

9. (intransitive) To color one's face by way of beautifying it.

10. (transitive, military or aviation, slang) To detect (something) with radar.

    • "We'll paint the target for the flyboys," the JTAC said.

11. (transitive, slang) To defecate during anal sex.