- paint - 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
--1 is a kind of coating, coat; coloring material, colouring material, color, colour
--1 has substance: pigment
--1 has particulars:acrylic, acrylic paint; coat of paint; distemper; enamel; encaustic; finger paint, fingerpaint; house paint, housepaint; oil paint; semigloss; spray paint; varnish; water-base paint Derived forms: verb paint4, verb paint3, verb paint2, verb paint1 - key, paint - (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"
--2 is a kind of space
--2 is a part of basketball court
--2 has parts: foul line - rouge, paint, blusher - makeup consisting of a pink or red powder applied to the cheeks
--3 is a kind of makeup, make-up, war paint
- paint - make a painting; "he painted all day in the garden"; "He painted a painting of the garden"
--1 is one way to create
Sample sentence:Derived forms: noun paint1, noun painter1, noun painting1, noun painting2
Sam and Sue paint
- paint - apply paint to; coat with paint; "We painted the rooms yellow"
--2 is one way to coat, surface
Sample sentence:Derived forms: noun paint1, noun painter2, noun painting3, noun painting4
They want to paint the doors
- paint - make a painting of; "He painted his mistress many times"
--3 is one way to represent, interpret
Sample sentence:Derived forms: noun paint1, noun painter1, noun painting1, noun painting2
Sam cannot paint Sue
- paint - apply a liquid to; e.g., paint the gutters with linseed oil
--4 is one way to cover
Sample sentence:Derived forms: noun paint1, noun painting3
The men paint the boat