n. 1 colour, tint, dye, colouring, pigment, stain I bought the paint and brushes, and started work on the kitchen walls 2 coating, coat, surface; enamel The rust has come through the paint here and there 3 make-up, cosmetics, maquillage, greasepaint, Colloq warpaint, face Sheila is in her room putting on some paint before we go out
v. 4 depict, portray, picture, show, represent, delineate, render, draw, limn, characterize, describe Whistler painted a portrait of my grandmother Correspondents painted a very grim picture of the plight of the hostages. 5 coat, brush, apply, cover, daub The doctor painted the area with some medication that soothed the pain 6 colour, tint, dye, stain, decorate We are planning to paint the nursery pale blue 7 paint the town red. make merry, carouse, revel, go on a spree, go out on the town, Colloq whoop it up, live it up, (go on a) pub-crawl, step out, Slang make whoopee, go on a bender or drunk or binge, booze it up Saturday nights a few of the boys would go out and paint the town red till the wee hours