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nouna 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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nounmakeup consisting of a pink or red powder applied to the cheeks
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noun(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
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verbapply a liquid to; e.g., paint the gutters with linseed oiltype of:
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verbapply paint to; coat with paint
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verbmake a paintingtype of:
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verbmake a painting of
Examples of paint
- "artists use `paint' and `pigment' interchangeably"
- "he dominates play in the paint"
- "We painted the rooms yellow"
- "he painted all day in the garden"
- "He painted a painting of the garden"
- "He painted his mistress many times"