paint

Meanings

1. 1
   noun

   in 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

   The foul was committed in the paint.

2. 2
   verb

   apply paint to

   coat with paint

3. 3
   verb

   apply a liquid to

   e.g., paint the gutters with linseed oil

4. 4
   verb

   make a painting of

   I painted the model many times, before getting it right.

5. 5
   verb

   make a painting

   They painted all day in the garden.

6. 6
   noun

   A substance that is applied as a liquid or paste, and dries into a solid coating that protects or adds colour to an object or surface to which it has been applied.

   fresh coat of paint

7. 7
   noun

   A set of containers or blocks of paint of different colors/colours, used for painting pictures.

   René went back into the kitchen and put a pot of coffee on, got out his paints and started on a new painting. He felt inspired.

8. 8
   noun

   The free-throw lane, construed with the.

   The Nimrods are strong on the outside, but not very good in the paint.

Etymology

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”).