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
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paint::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | pigment |
| Type of | coating, coloring material, colour, colouring material, coat, color |
| Has types | acrylic, acrylic paint, antifouling paint, coat of paint, distemper, enamel, encaustic, finger paint, fingerpaint, house paint, housepaint, oil paint, semigloss, spray paint, water-base paint |
artists use `paint' and `pigment' interchangeably.
paint::verb | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Type of | cover |
| Derivation | painting |
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Type of | create |
| Has types | finger-paint, fresco, stipple, shade, distemper, watercolour, bodypaint, charge, watercolor, fill in |
| Derivation | painter, painting |
he painted all day in the garden.
He painted a painting of the garden.
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If you paint it, you probably can clean it, use primer and then paint over them.
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Many cities offer a solid-waste pickup day when paint can be taken for disposal.
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If it doesn't, the bloated cost of such basics as paint and wood certainly does.
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Maybe you want to offer up your brick wall, fence or house for them to paint on?
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For instance, one of her students chose to paint strawberries in her last class.
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Simply clean the lid of paint can, and tap the cover tight with a rubber mallet.
From the charlotteobserver.com
He slowly pulls a small Bible from the pocket of his paint-spattered sweatshirt.
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He removed mildew, peeled paint, and put up drywall and ceiling and floor tiles.
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The money went to buy paint, fabric, hot glue, hair clips and packing materials.
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- Make a painting; "he painted all day in the garden"; "He painted a painting of the garden"
- 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"
- Apply paint to; coat with paint; "We painted the rooms yellow"
- Key: (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 hit a jump shot from the top of the key"; "he dominates play in the paint"
- Rouge: makeup consisting of a pink or red powder applied to the cheeks
- Apply a liquid to; e.g., paint the gutters with linseed oil
- Paint is any liquid, liquefiable, or mastic composition which after application to a substrate in a thin layer is converted to an opaque solid film.
- Paint is a Canadian rock band based in Toronto, originally formed in Vancouver, in 2001, comprising Robb Johannes (vocal/guitar), Mandy Dunbar (guitar/vocals), Marcus Warren (bass), and Chris Oliver (drums). ...
- The American Paint Horse is a breed of horse that combines both the conformational characteristics of a western stock horse with a pinto spotting pattern of white and dark coat colors. ...
