PAINT

[verb]When you paint a surface, you cover it with paint.The hall was painted yellow. [T + object + adjective]He always listens to the radio while he paints. [I]I'll need to paint over (= cover with another layer of paint) these dirty marks on the wall. [M]See picture: Drawing and paintingWhen you paint a picture, you make it using paints.All these pictures were painted by local artists. [T]She started to paint at the age of twenty. [I]I enjoy painting my children (= painting pictures of them). [T]If someone paints their nails or face, they put make-up on that part of their body.She painted her nails a bright red.The woman behind the bar had a heavily painted face.If you paint a picture of something, you describe it in a very clear way.The article paints a gloomy picture of the future.When you paint a rosy/grim picture of something, you mention only the good/bad things about it.He painted a rosy picture of family life.If you paint the town (red), you go out and enjoy yourself, often drinking a lot of alcohol, usually in order to celebrate something.