paint

Meanings

1. 1
   noun

   A coloured liquid that is spread onto a surface and dries to protect it or add colour.

   The walls needed a fresh coat of paint.

2. 2
   verb

   To cover a surface with paint.

   We spent the weekend painting the fence white.

3. 3
   verb

   To make a picture using paint.

   She loves to paint landscapes of the mountains.

Common collocations

• paint a picture Verb + noun
• paint a wall Verb + noun

From Middle English peynten, from Old French peintier, paincter, itself from paint, the past participle of paindre, from Latin pingō (“to paint”) (perfect passive participle pictus). Displaced native Old English tēafor (“paint”), *tīefran (“to paint”); and Old English mētan (“to paint”) and mǣlan (“to paint, mark with colour”).

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