I. ˈpānt verb
Etymology: Middle English, from Anglo-French paint, peint, past participle of peindre, from Latin pingere to tattoo, embroider, paint; akin to Old English fāh variegated, Greek poikilos variegated, pikros sharp, bitter
Date: 13th century
transitive verb
1.
a.
(1) : to apply color, pigment, or paint to
(2) : to color with a cosmetic
b.
(1) : to apply with a movement resembling that used in painting
(2) : to treat with a liquid by brushing or swabbing
paint the wound with iodine
2.
a.
(1) : to produce in lines and colors on a surface by applying pigments
(2) : to depict by such lines and colors
b. : to decorate, adorn, or variegate by applying lines and colors
c. : to produce or evoke as if by painting
paint s glowing pictures of the farm
3. : to touch up or cover over by or as if by painting
4. : to depict as having specified or implied characteristics
paint s them whiter than the evidence justifies — Oliver La Farge
intransitive verb
1. : to practice the art of painting
2. : to use cosmetics
II. noun
Date: 1602
1. : the action of painting : something produced by painting
2. : makeup ; especially : a cosmetic to add color
3.
a.
(1) : a mixture of a pigment and a suitable liquid to form a closely adherent coating when spread on a surface in a thin coat
(2) : the pigment used in this mixture especially when in the form of a cake
a box of paint s
b. : an applied coating of paint
4. : a powerful muscular pinto having quarter horse or Thoroughbred ancestry ; broadly : pinto — called also paint horse
5. : free throw lane
6. : computer-generated color design
a paint program