paint

PA'INT, verb transitive [Latin pingo, pictus.] 1. To form a figure or likeness in colors; as, to paint a hero or a landscape. 2. To cover or besmear with color or colors, either with or without figures; as, to paint a cloth; to paint a house. 3. To represent by colors or images; to exhibit in form. When folly romantic, we must paint it. 4. To represent or exhibit to the mind; to present in form or likeness to the intellectual view; to describe. Disloyal! --The word is too good to paint out her wickedness. 5. To color; to diversify with colors. 6. To lay on artificial color for ornament. Jezebel painted her face and tired her head. 2 Kings 9:30. PAINT, verb intransitive To lay colors on the face. It is said the ladies in France paint 1. To practice painting. The artist paints well. PAINT, noun A coloring substance; a substance used in painting; either simple or compound; as a white paint or red paint 1. Color laid on canvas or other material; color representing any thing. 2. Color laid on the face; rouge.