(~s, ~ing, ~ed)
Frequency: The word is one of the 1500 most common words in English.
1.
Paint is a coloured liquid that you put onto a surface with a brush in order to protect the surface or to make it look nice, or that you use to produce a picture.
...a pot of red ~...
They saw some large letters in white ~.
...water-based artist’s ~s.
N-MASS
2.
On a wall or object, the ~ is the covering of dried ~ on it.
The ~ was peeling on the window frames...
N-SING: the N
3.
If you ~ a wall or an object, you cover it with ~.
They started to mend the woodwork and ~ the walls...
I made a guitar and ~ed it red.
...~ed furniture.
VERB: V n, V n colour, V-ed, also V
4.
If you ~ something or ~ a picture of it, you produce a picture of it using ~.
He is ~ing a huge volcano...
Why do people ~ pictures?...
I had come here to ~.
VERB: V n, V n, V
5.
When you ~ a design or message on a surface, you put it on the surface using ~.
...a machine for ~ing white lines down roads...
The recesses are decorated with gold stars, with smaller stars ~ed along the edges.
VERB: V n prep, V-ed
6.
If a woman ~s her lips or nails, she puts a coloured cosmetic on them.
She propped the mirror against her handbag and began to ~ her lips...
She ~ed her fingernails bright red.
VERB: V n, V n colour
7.
If you ~ a grim or vivid picture of something, you give a description of it that is grim or vivid.
The report ~s a grim picture of life there...
VERB: V n
8.
see also ~ing , gloss ~ , oil ~ , poster ~ , war ~