paint
paynt
- n a substance used as a coating to protect or decorate a surface (especially a mixture of pigment suspended in a liquid); dries to form a hard coating
artists use `paint' and `pigment' interchangeably - n (basketball) a space (including the foul line) in front of the basket at each end of a basketball court; usually painted a different color from the rest of the court
he dominates play in the paint - n makeup consisting of a pink or red powder applied to the cheeks
- v make a painting
he painted all day in the garden
He painted a painting of the garden - v apply paint to; coat with paint
We painted the rooms yellow - v make a painting of
He painted his mistress many times - v apply a liquid to; e.g., paint the gutters with linseed oil
- Not quite art yet not entirely craft, paint-by-number kits were all the rage during the 1950s and '60s.
- Either way, lead paint in toys from China is not an issue Mattel can correct overnight.
- The strength of her presence isn't due just to her depicted fatness but to the way the image burgeons from dense paint, a heavy mass like cream with gravel in it.